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... death of Elizabeth Drury , are unusual funeral elegies . The First Anniversarie ( 1611 ) is entitled ' An Anatomy of ... death is but a Groome , Which brings a Taper to the outward roome , Whence thou spiest first a little glimmering ...
... death of Elizabeth Drury , are unusual funeral elegies . The First Anniversarie ( 1611 ) is entitled ' An Anatomy of ... death is but a Groome , Which brings a Taper to the outward roome , Whence thou spiest first a little glimmering ...
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... death of both villains and revengers is aesthetically satisfying , but emotionally more an amusing joke than anything serious . Whatever Middleton or Tourneur or whoever wrote The Revenger's Tragedy intended , it is a great play ...
... death of both villains and revengers is aesthetically satisfying , but emotionally more an amusing joke than anything serious . Whatever Middleton or Tourneur or whoever wrote The Revenger's Tragedy intended , it is a great play ...
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... Death of Mr Badman ( 1680 ) describes the progress of Badman through his sins , pretended repentance and death . Similar to sensational rogue stories of the time , filled with many digressions and exemplary anecdotes , it is an ...
... Death of Mr Badman ( 1680 ) describes the progress of Badman through his sins , pretended repentance and death . Similar to sensational rogue stories of the time , filled with many digressions and exemplary anecdotes , it is an ...
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