A Defence of the Drama: Containing Mansel's Free Thoughts, Extracts from the Most Celebrated Writers, and a Discourse on the Lawfulness & Unlawfulness of Plays, by the Celebrated Father CaffaroG. Champley, 1826 - 294 pages |
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