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Ваша оценкаWilliam Congreve was an English playwright and poet of the Restoration Period. After writing five highbrow sexual comedies his plays lost favor and he stopped writing. The Way of the World was first preformed in 1700. The two main characters are the lovers Mirabell and Millamant. In order for them to wed they must receive Millamant's aunt's blessing. The aunt is a mean old lady who wants her nephew to marry the fair maid. As typical of Restoration drama there are plot twists, misunderst...
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rslnmrsvch17 мая 2017 г.Nay, ’tis true; you are no longer handsome when you’ve lost your lover: your beauty dies upon the instant. For beauty is the lover’s gift: ’tis he bestows your charms:—your glass is all a cheat.
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