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Thomas Middleton
This collection of plays by Thomas Middleton, one of the most important playwrights of the English Renaissance, offers a comprehensive look at his most famous works. With plays like "The…
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Thomas Middleton was a Jacobean playwright who wrote a number of popular plays, including 'The Revenger's Tragedy' and 'Women Beware Women'. This volume includes a collection of his works, along…
A delightfully lewd city comedy by the co-author of The Changeling.
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Thomas Middleton was born in London in April 1580 and baptised on 18th April. Middleton was aged only five when his father died. His mother remarried but this unfortunately fell…
Reproduction of the original: Legends of Longdendale by Thomas Middleton
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Captain Ager The Son Of A Whore? There Is Not Such Another Murdering-piece In All The Stock Of Calumny; It Kills At One Report Two Reputations, A Mother’s And A…
My Adversary Evermore Twits Me With My Nephew, Forsooth, My Nephew; Why May Not A Virtuous Uncle Have A Dissolute Nephew? What Though He Be A Brotheller, A Wastethrift, A…
Maid Sleep, Sweet Babe: Sorrow Makes Thy Mother Sleep. It Bodes Small Good When [heaven] Falls So Deep. Hush, Pretty Boy, Thy Hopes Might Have Been Better; ‘tis Lost At…
GENTLEMAN SAXON They’re besieg’d, Aurelius Ambrose and his brother Uther, With numbers infinite in Britain forces, Beset their castle, and they cannot ‘scape Without your speedy succour.
WEATHERWISE Marry, sir, I’ll give it out abroad that I have lain with the widow myself, as ‘tis the fashion of many a gallant to disgrace his new mistress when…
FRANCISCUS Luna is now big-bellied, and there’s room For both of us to ride with Hecate; I’ll drag thee up into her silver sphere, And there we’ll kick the dog…
GERARDINE The coast is clear, and Argus’ wakeful eyes Securely sleep: time turns to us his front. Come sweet Maria, of th’ auspicious hours Let’s take advantage.
PASSIONATE LORD [To La Nove] I do confess it freely, precious lady, And love’s suit is so: the longer it hangs, The worse it is; better cut off, sweet madam…
ANTIGONA To what end, sir? The bell of this sharp edict tolls for me As it rings out for you. I’ll be as ready, With one hour’s stay, to go…
Of all deeds yet, this strikes the deepest wound Into my apprehension. Reverend and honourable matrimony, Mother of lawful sweets, unshamed mornings, Dangerless pleasures, thou that mak'st the bed Both…
MOLL Not marry? Forswear marriage? Why, all women know ‘tis as honourable a thing as to lie with a man, and I, to spite my sister’s vow the more, have…
HECATE Titty and Tiffin, Suckin and Pidgen, Liard and Robin, White spirits, black spirits, grey spirits, red spirits, Devil-toad, devil-ram, devil-cat, and devil-dam!
GOLDSTONE For instance; Put case yourself, after some robbery done, Were pursu’d hardly, why, there were your shelter, You know your sanctuary; nay, say you were taken, His letter to…
HIPOLITO If any be dispos’d to trust your oath, Let him: I’ll not be he. I know you feign All that you speak, ay, for a mingled harlot Is true…
Legends of Longdendale; Being a series of tales founded upon the folk-lore of Longdendale Valley and its neighbourhood, has been considered an important book throughout the human history. So that…
HELVETIUS Think? You come too late If you seek there for me. I know’t and see’t. I’ll sooner give my blessing to a drunkard, Whom the ridiculous power of wine…
Knavesbee I Had Last Night One Of The Strangest Dreams; methought I Was Thy Confessor, Thou Mine, And We Reveal’d Between Us Privately How Often We Had Wrong’d Each Other’s…
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented…
A dark and complex drama of love, deception, and transformation, Thomas Middleton's 'Changeling' is one of the most powerful plays of the English Renaissance. When Beatrice, a young noblewoman, falls…
A Jacobean gore-fest of enforced seduction and ultimate revenge. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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One of a series, this one concentrating on The Revenger’s Tragedy by Thomas Middleton.
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Thomas Fanshawe Middleton
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Thomas Cooke Middleton
Excerpt: … In old Spanish chronicles it is a common thing to meet such titles of these Indian rulers, as Ladia, Radia, Raxa, and Raj
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Thomas C Middleton
CONTENTS
Preface
The Legend of Coombs Rocks
The Legend of Alman’s Death: A Tale of Melandra Castle
King Arthur’s Adventure
The Legend of War Hill
Sir Ro, of Staley Hall
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
