Miscellaneous Plays, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1804 - 438 pages |
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... vassals , to be imagined by the audience ; thinking it unsafe to venture such an exhibition upon the stage , lest it should have a ludicrous effect . But this my in- tention I must have badly fulfilled , since it has been , I believe ...
... vassals , to be imagined by the audience ; thinking it unsafe to venture such an exhibition upon the stage , lest it should have a ludicrous effect . But this my in- tention I must have badly fulfilled , since it has been , I believe ...
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... Vassals of MR MASON . Maclean . MR VINING . MR JONES . MR KELLY . Piper , Fishermen , Vassals , & c . WOMEN . HELEN , Daughter of Argyll , and Wife of Maclean , ROSA , Fisherman's Wife , MRS H. SIDDONS . MISS FENWICK . MRS NICOL . SCENE ...
... Vassals of MR MASON . Maclean . MR VINING . MR JONES . MR KELLY . Piper , Fishermen , Vassals , & c . WOMEN . HELEN , Daughter of Argyll , and Wife of Maclean , ROSA , Fisherman's Wife , MRS H. SIDDONS . MISS FENWICK . MRS NICOL . SCENE ...
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... Vassals of Maclean . GLENFADDEN , MORTON . DUGALD . Piper , Fishermen , Vassals , & c . WOMEN . HELEN , Daughter of Argyll , and Wife of Mac- lean . ROSA . Fisherman's Wife . SCENE in the Island of Mull , and the opposite Coast , c ...
... Vassals of Maclean . GLENFADDEN , MORTON . DUGALD . Piper , Fishermen , Vassals , & c . WOMEN . HELEN , Daughter of Argyll , and Wife of Mac- lean . ROSA . Fisherman's Wife . SCENE in the Island of Mull , and the opposite Coast , c ...
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... by a Campbell hath he been , The peaceful treaty of the clans unheeded , In thraldom kept ; from which , but now escaped , He like a furious tyger is enchafed , B And thinks Argyll was privy to the wrong His vassal A TRAGEDY . 17.
... by a Campbell hath he been , The peaceful treaty of the clans unheeded , In thraldom kept ; from which , but now escaped , He like a furious tyger is enchafed , B And thinks Argyll was privy to the wrong His vassal A TRAGEDY . 17.
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Joanna Baillie. And thinks Argyll was privy to the wrong His vassal put upon him . Well I know His bloody vengeful nature : and Maclean , Weak and unsteady , mov'd by ev'ry counsel , Brave in the field , but still in purpose timid , Oft ...
Joanna Baillie. And thinks Argyll was privy to the wrong His vassal put upon him . Well I know His bloody vengeful nature : and Maclean , Weak and unsteady , mov'd by ev'ry counsel , Brave in the field , but still in purpose timid , Oft ...
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