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... represented by an actor wearing a black hood , or a slip of white paper stuck on the cheek , or a streamer of white paper suspended from the head and falling down over the breast . When a person is killed , there are fireworks ...
... represented by an actor wearing a black hood , or a slip of white paper stuck on the cheek , or a streamer of white paper suspended from the head and falling down over the breast . When a person is killed , there are fireworks ...
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... represented best by Antiphanes ; consisting of literary , philosophical criti- cism and parody . Comedy , Greek , new . Third form of comedy in ancient Greece 4th and 3rd centuries B.C .; represented best by Menander ; consisting of ...
... represented best by Antiphanes ; consisting of literary , philosophical criti- cism and parody . Comedy , Greek , new . Third form of comedy in ancient Greece 4th and 3rd centuries B.C .; represented best by Menander ; consisting of ...
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... represented at this time by Shadwell ; ( 3 ) the " comedy of intrigue , " differing from the comedy of manners only in its leaning toward farce , and best represented by Mrs. Centlivre ; ( 4 ) the " comedy of sen- sibility ...
... represented at this time by Shadwell ; ( 3 ) the " comedy of intrigue , " differing from the comedy of manners only in its leaning toward farce , and best represented by Mrs. Centlivre ; ( 4 ) the " comedy of sen- sibility ...
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CONTENTS | xi |
Preface George Freedley | xii |
Acoustics 2343 | 24 |
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