Great Love Stories of the Theatre: A Record of Theatrical RomanceDuffield, 1911 - 327 pages |
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... 55 · 85 • • III 141 161 • · 189 · 217 X THE FOLLIES OF " BECKY " WELLS . • · 245 XI DORA JORDAN AND THE DUKE OF CLARENCE XII MARIE DORVAL AND ALFRED DE VIGNY 265 • · 293 ILLUSTRATIONS ADRIENNE LECOUVREUR NELL GWYNNE · ( From the portrait.
... 55 · 85 • • III 141 161 • · 189 · 217 X THE FOLLIES OF " BECKY " WELLS . • · 245 XI DORA JORDAN AND THE DUKE OF CLARENCE XII MARIE DORVAL AND ALFRED DE VIGNY 265 • · 293 ILLUSTRATIONS ADRIENNE LECOUVREUR NELL GWYNNE · ( From the portrait.
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... Duke of Buckingham : " Father of a good many of them . " He stocked the peerage with illegitimate offspring ; ducal patents were granted to no less than six of his natural sons ; and when an encyclopædist of the reign was pre- paring a ...
... Duke of Buckingham : " Father of a good many of them . " He stocked the peerage with illegitimate offspring ; ducal patents were granted to no less than six of his natural sons ; and when an encyclopædist of the reign was pre- paring a ...
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... Duke's House because supported by the Duke of York as the other was supported by the King . There he saw the tragedy of " Mustapha , " written by the Earl of Orrery , but more important than the performance to the impressionable man ...
... Duke's House because supported by the Duke of York as the other was supported by the King . There he saw the tragedy of " Mustapha , " written by the Earl of Orrery , but more important than the performance to the impressionable man ...
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... Duke's House ; and Lord Buckhurst had won over Nell Gwyn of the King's . The latter affair was regarded as a happy match on both sides , Buck- hurst's talents and popularity rivalling Nell's . They went to Epsom , a fashionable spa of ...
... Duke's House ; and Lord Buckhurst had won over Nell Gwyn of the King's . The latter affair was regarded as a happy match on both sides , Buck- hurst's talents and popularity rivalling Nell's . They went to Epsom , a fashionable spa of ...
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... Duke's theatre , Nokes appeared in a hat larger than Pistol's , which took the town wonderful , and supported a bad play by its fine effect . Dry- den , piqued at this , caused a hat to be made the cir- cumference of a timber coach ...
... Duke's theatre , Nokes appeared in a hat larger than Pistol's , which took the town wonderful , and supported a bad play by its fine effect . Dry- den , piqued at this , caused a hat to be made the cir- cumference of a timber coach ...
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