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The WORKS of THOMAS OTWAY . strained his appetite of intemperance ; With
Notes , Critical and Explan and that every step he made to win the favor of his
patrons , he receded natory , and a Life of the Author , from decency and virtue .
pp ...
The WORKS of THOMAS OTWAY . strained his appetite of intemperance ; With
Notes , Critical and Explan and that every step he made to win the favor of his
patrons , he receded natory , and a Life of the Author , from decency and virtue .
pp ...
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Poverty was not the only cause of disquietude to Otway . He cherished a
hopeless passion for Mrs . Barry , an actress of considerable emipence ,
respecting whom we shall take occasion to say more hereafter . Being now
returned to his native ...
Poverty was not the only cause of disquietude to Otway . He cherished a
hopeless passion for Mrs . Barry , an actress of considerable emipence ,
respecting whom we shall take occasion to say more hereafter . Being now
returned to his native ...
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Mr . Thornton obeyes ; serves : ' Tis what he knows with much contempt to bear , (
fear : Deeply involved in pecuniary enAnd serves a canse too good to let him
gagements , Otway had , for some time He fears no poison from an incens ' d
drab ...
Mr . Thornton obeyes ; serves : ' Tis what he knows with much contempt to bear , (
fear : Deeply involved in pecuniary enAnd serves a canse too good to let him
gagements , Otway had , for some time He fears no poison from an incens ' d
drab ...
Page 141
Otway ' s tragedies are , that they do not conform strictly to the rules of the Drama
; that the language wants ele - vation - the ampullas et sesquipedalia verba of
Horace , — and that some of the scenes are debased by unseasonable mirth .
Otway ' s tragedies are , that they do not conform strictly to the rules of the Drama
; that the language wants ele - vation - the ampullas et sesquipedalia verba of
Horace , — and that some of the scenes are debased by unseasonable mirth .
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We extract some particulars relative to this lady , from the Life of Otway in vol . i .
The strong attachment which Otway discovered for Mrs . Barry , seems to have
commenced at that early period , when both were unsuccessful candi - dates for ...
We extract some particulars relative to this lady , from the Life of Otway in vol . i .
The strong attachment which Otway discovered for Mrs . Barry , seems to have
commenced at that early period , when both were unsuccessful candi - dates for ...
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