Racine: Phaedra

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DRAMATIS PERSONvE CEdipus, King of Thebes. Creon, brother of Jocasta. Teiresias, a soothsayer. Priest of Zeus. Messenger from Corinth. Shepherd. Second Messenger. Jocasta,, wife of CEdipus. Antigone and Ismene, children of CEdipus. Chorus of Priests and SuppHants. Chorus of Theban Citizens.
CEDIPUS REX SCENE.—THEBES In the background, the palace of CEdipus; in front, the altar of Zeus, priests and boys round it in the attitude of suppliants. Enter CEdipus. CEdipus.—Why sit ye here, my children, youngest brood Of Cadmos famed of old, in solemn state, Your hands thus wreathed with the suppliants* boughs ? And all the city reeks with incense smoke, And all re-echoes with your hymns and groans; And I, my children, counting it unmeet To hear report from others, I have come Myself, whom all name CEdipus the Great. Do thou, then, aged Sire, since thine the right To speak for these, tell clearly how ye stand, In terror or submission ; speak to me As willing helper. Heartless should I be To see you prostrate thus, and feel no ruth. Priest.—Yea, CEdipus, thou ruler of my land. Thou seest our age, who sit as suppliants, bowed Around thine altars ; some as yet too weak For distant flight, and some weighed down with age, Priest, I, of Zeus, and these the chosen youth And in the market-places of the town The people sit and wail, with wreath in hand, By the two shrines of Pallas,^ or the grave, Where still the seer Ismenos prophesies. * Probably, as at Athens Athena had dedicated to her under different names, two temples as Polias and Parthenos, as Onkaea and Ismenia. •o also at Thebes there were two shrines 43
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Page 11: P/V V. / CONTENTS / rAse Prometheus
Page 14 and 15: DRAMATIS PERSONS Prometheus. OCEANU
Page 16 and 17: 4 yESCHYLUS Disperse with retrickt
Page 18 and 19: 6 .ESCHYLUS Hephaestus.—Thy speec
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Page 22 and 23: lo JESCHYLUS Chorus.—Remove the v
Page 24 and 25: I a ^SCHYLUS Then let it pass from
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Page 30 and 31: l8 ^SCHYLUS In hollow caves unsunne
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Page 34 and 35: 2 2 JESCHYLUS The waters round And
Page 36 and 37: 24 ^SCHYLUS lo.— What reason, the
Page 38 and 39: 26 ;eschylus So hard to behold, So
Page 40 and 41: 28 .CSCHYLUS lo. And can it ever be
Page 42 and 43: 30 iESCHYLUS Those sharp-mouthed do
Page 44 and 45: 3a JESCHYLUS A royal race in Argos.
Page 46 and 47: 34 yESCHYLUS To shame, and lower th
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Page 50 and 51: 38 ^SCHYLUS Self-will for prudent c
Page 53: CEDIPUS REX BY SOPHOCLES [Metrical
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Page 63 and 64: CEDIPUS REX 51 And for the God's, a
Page 65 and 66: (EDIPUS REX 53 I knew it all too we
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Page 71 and 72: CEDIPUS REX 59 Creon.—And was it
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MEDEA 93 Nurse.—Why should the so
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MEDEA 95 Diffuse ecstatic pleasures
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MEDEA 97 Of childbirth. But this la
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MEDEA My temper uncomplying, though
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MEDEA loi Yet think not that my sor
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MEDEA' 103 For ne'er on our uncultu
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MEDEA lOS In thee to court another
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MEDEA i07 As could not be avoided,
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MEDEA 109 Jason.—You uttered impi
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MEDEA 1 1 Mgeus.— From Apollo's a
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MEDEA "3 To you here makes you are
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MEDEA 115 But now to you the whole
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MEDEA 117 From Cephisos' amber tide
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MEDEA 119 Enter the sons of Jason a
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MEDEA lai Which erst the sun my gra
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MEDEA 123 Some great calamity, by t
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MEDEA Of Utter wretchedness, and th
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MEDEA 127 For a loud rumor instantl
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MEDEA 129 Infolded, kissed it oft,
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MEDEA 1 51 2nd Son [within].— I c
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MEDEA 133 For I that reason have re
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MEDEA 135 Beneath the shattered rel
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THE KNIGHTS BY ARISTOPHANES [Metric
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THE KNIGHTS After a noise of lashes
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THE KNIGHTS 141 Demosthenes.—Shri
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THE KNIGHTS 143 Demosthenes.—Bull
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THE KNIGHTS 145 Demosthenes.— Fil
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THE KNIGHTS 147 Sausage-Seller [wit
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THE KNIGHTS 149 Sausage-Seller.—B
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THE KNIGHTS 151 Oftener than I can
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THE KNIGHTS 153 Sausage-Seller [in
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THE KNIGHTS 155 Chorus.— Even in
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THE KNIGHTS 157 Chorus.—We like y
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THE KNIGHTS 159 Golden sweet secret
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THE KNIGHTS i6i This hurricane will
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THE KNIGHTS 163 Rouse up your power
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THE KNIGHTS 165 Then he saw, for a
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THE KNIGHTS 167 Gallantly that stee
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THE KNIGHTS 169 Charges and attacks
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THE KNIGHTS 171 Of pilchards being
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THE KNIGHTS 173 Cleon.—I'll claw
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THE KNIGHTS 175 To make a dash, but
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THE KNIGHTS 177 In nests of the roc
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THE KNIGHTS 179 Chorus.—O thou, t
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THE KNIGHTS l8i Demus.—I see your
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THE KNIGHTS 183 Sausage-Seller.—
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THE KNIGHTS 185 Demus.— Away with
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THE KNIGHTS 187 Sausage- Seller.—
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THE KNIGHTS 189 Sausage- Seller.—
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THE KNIGHTS 191 Like a sovereign or
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THE KNIGHTS 193 Cleon.—See this p
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THE KNIGHTS 195 Sausage-Seller.—T
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THE KNIGHTS 197 Epirrhema.* To revi
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THE KNIGHTS 199 No, thank heaven, f
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THE KNIGHTS 90I Agoracritus.—More
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THE KNIGHTS 203 To dine with me in
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DRAMATIS PERSONS Basilio, King of P
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ao8 CALDERON Long-ear'd lightning,
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2,o CALDERON Some fairy had exchang
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,,, CALDERON Within that square of
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a, CALDERON Segismund.— Nor Natur
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9j5 CALDERON Pipe.— There, his wo
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2x8 CALDERON Clotaldo [aside].—So
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2 20 CALDERON Scene II. The Palace
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J23 CALDERON EsTRELLA [kneeling],
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924 CALDERON Of holy faith, and in
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226 CALDERON As shall at once all d
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DaS CALDERON But come—already wea
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230 CALDERON With its bewilder'd se
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939 CALDERON Again to call me so ?
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234 CALDERON Chamberlain.—Oh, my
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CALDERON 236 Clotaldo.— As sure a
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238 CALDERON Segismund.— Were to
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240 CALDERON Your dignity ; but, kn
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242 CALDERON My subjects—traitors
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CALDERON 244 King.— Oh, Segismund
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246 CALDERON Unto yourself alone, w
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248 CALDERON Segismund.—He prophe
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85© CALDERON Under the ashes of th
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252 CALDERON Segismund.—Oh, rathe
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254 CALDERON Under this tower, wall
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256 CALDERON Well — 'tis this cou
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258 CALDERON Soldiers.—Segismund
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26o CALDERON Begone ! I know I must
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,62 CALDERON And of a noble stock I
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264 CALDERON Scene II. A wooded pas
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266 CALDERON Segismund.—Princes a
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268 CALDERON The word of civil just
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THE MISANTHROPE BY EAN-BAPTISTE POQ
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THE MISANTHROPE ACT FIRST Scene I.
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THE MISANTHROPE 275 shameful displa
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THE MISANTHROPE 177 ners of the age
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THE MISANTHROPE 279 me blind to her
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THE MISANTHROPE 281 ment, I come, b
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THE MISANTHROPE 283 Alceste. I do n
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THE MISANTHROPE 185 Scene III. Phil
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THE MISANTHROPE 287 have more reaso
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THE MISANTHROPE tSg Celimene. I ins
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THE MISANTHROPE 291 out some injust
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THE MISANTHROPE 293 AcASTE. I see h
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THE MISANTHROPE 295 Alceste. What p
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THE MISANTHROPE 297 Clitandre. Have
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THE MISANTHROPE 199 prove my friend
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THE MISANTHROPE 301 that over-estim
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THE MISANTHROPE 303 makes me feel f
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THE MISANTHROPE 305 ACT FOURTH Scen
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Alceste. Ah, madam ! THE MISANTHROP
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of my heart were true ; THE MISANTH
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THE MISANTHROPE 311 ardly enough no
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THE MISANTHROPE 313 to make it out.
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THE MISANTHROPE 315 and men are mad
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THE MISANTHROPE 317 Oronte. Madam,
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THE MISANTHROPE 3x9 Scene IV. Arsin
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THE MISANTHROPE 331 Scene V. Celime
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THE MISANTHROPE 323 Celimene. Solit
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DRAMATIS PERSONyE Theseus, Son of J
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328 RACINE In seeking him I shall b
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33© RAQNE Between us? By my father
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J32 RACINE Whose daughter 'twas my
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334 RACINE CEnone.— What can you
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336 RACINE But Venus in her might s
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338 RACINE ACT SECOND. Scene I. Ari
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340 RACINE You know, besides, with
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342 RACINE Athens, by him protected
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344 RACINE Aricia.—You cannot, no
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346 My heart RACINE I cannot hide m
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348 RACINE Your arm. Strike home. O
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350 RACINE Hope stole into my heart
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354 RACINE Ph^dra.— My husband is
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354 RACINE For, when our rqjutation
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J56 RACINE Of what the gods have le
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358 RACINE CEnone.—Sire, I have t
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36o RACINE I think beyond all else
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36a RACINE With his destruction. 'T
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3^4 RACINE Shunn'd the bright day,
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366 RACINE A terror to all those wh
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368 RACINE Between us. Torches do n
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J70 RACINE And yet, despite my ster
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372 RACINE Turning and twisting in
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374 RACINE Scene VII. Theseus, Phce
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER BY OLIVER GOL
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PROLOGUE By David Garrick, Esq. Exc
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER ACT FIRST Sce
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 383 Hardcastl
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 385 plishment
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 387 the impro
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 389 Tony. As
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 391 barn, you
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 393 think of
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 395 Marlow. T
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 397 at first,
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 401 lesome. B
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 403 —To-mor
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 405 who, want
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 407 !n a lett
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 409 Mrs. Hard
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 411 ACT THIRD
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 415 cut thing
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 417 Mrs. Hard
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 419 Miss Hard
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 421 Enter Har
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 423 unaccount
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 425 Marlow. I
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 427 Marlow. H
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 429 Enter Ton
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 43X Mrs. Hard
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 433 Miss Nevi
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 435 Hastings.
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 437 Marlow. A
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 445 shows me
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 449 EPILOGUE
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