Littell's Living Age, Volume 128Littell, Son and Company, 1876 |
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Page 289
... play was condemned : been offered to account for this dislike ; some assert that he was jealous of a re- ception so much superior to that accorded to his own play ; others that , for political reasons , he was averse to the ...
... play was condemned : been offered to account for this dislike ; some assert that he was jealous of a re- ception so much superior to that accorded to his own play ; others that , for political reasons , he was averse to the ...
Page 290
... play his triumphs came to an end and d'Aiguillon , the cardinal's niece . Truth his genius entered upon its decadence , al- to say , this most heroical of writers was though he continued to produce pieces at something of a timeserver in ...
... play his triumphs came to an end and d'Aiguillon , the cardinal's niece . Truth his genius entered upon its decadence , al- to say , this most heroical of writers was though he continued to produce pieces at something of a timeserver in ...
Page 508
... play , on the weakness of your opponent , and make a move the effect of which ought to be injurious to you , but by which , if he misses the right reply to it , you will gain a great advantage . In the true play there is no discipline ...
... play , on the weakness of your opponent , and make a move the effect of which ought to be injurious to you , but by which , if he misses the right reply to it , you will gain a great advantage . In the true play there is no discipline ...
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