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... young play- wright came to them . It was a lucky chance for both . It was no easy task for the Marais to.set up in competition with the estab- lished King's Players of the Hôtel de Bourgogne . The theatre in which Corneille launched his ...
... young play- wright came to them . It was a lucky chance for both . It was no easy task for the Marais to.set up in competition with the estab- lished King's Players of the Hôtel de Bourgogne . The theatre in which Corneille launched his ...
Page 150
... young and pretty Agnes . It is his intention to marry her , and he keeps her closely guarded within his house . During Arnolphe's brief absence on a journey a young man named Horace sees Agnes , courts her , 150 THE THEATRE OF FRANCE.
... young and pretty Agnes . It is his intention to marry her , and he keeps her closely guarded within his house . During Arnolphe's brief absence on a journey a young man named Horace sees Agnes , courts her , 150 THE THEATRE OF FRANCE.
Page 211
... young man named Marlow , who is on his way with some reluctance to lay formal suit to the hand of Miss Hardcastle ... young man and his traveling companion , Hastings , have persistently treated Hardcastle as an innkeeper , otherwise ...
... young man named Marlow , who is on his way with some reluctance to lay formal suit to the hand of Miss Hardcastle ... young man and his traveling companion , Hastings , have persistently treated Hardcastle as an innkeeper , otherwise ...
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