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  • Few of us quite remember what were Tamburlaine's conquests, or Faustus's wonder-workings, or Barabas's crimes.

    The Growth of English Drama Arnold Wynne

  • Faustus's screams of terror at the approach of Lucifer to claim him as his own!

    The Growth of English Drama Arnold Wynne

  • Faustus's early manhood and of the marvellous journeys taken in the intervals.

    The Growth of English Drama Arnold Wynne

  • But at least two purple passages exist to give immortality to Faustus's passion and despair.

    The Growth of English Drama Arnold Wynne

  • And after the agonizing struggle in which Faustus's soul is torn from him to hell, learning comes in at the quiet close.

    English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge G. H. Mair 1906

  • Hard by this he visited the churchyard of St. Peter, where he saw that pyramid that Julius Cæsar brought forth of Africa; it stood in Faustus's time leaning against the church-wall of St. Peter's; but Pope Sixtus hath erected it in the middle of St. Peter's churchyard.

    Mediaeval Tales Henry Morley 1858

  • At Wittenburg, before Faustus's house, there was a quarrel between seven students, and five that came to part the rest, one part stronger than the other.

    Mediaeval Tales Henry Morley 1858

  • But proceeding farther on their hellish voyage, there came forth out of a hollow clift an exceeding great flying bull, the which with such a force hit Faustus's chair with his head and horns, that he turned Faustus and his bear over and over, so that the bear vanished away: whereat Faustus began to cry, "Oh! woe to me that ever I came here!"

    Mediaeval Tales Henry Morley 1858

  • Also that in all Faustus's demands and interrogations, the spirit should tell him nothing but that which was true.

    Mediaeval Tales Henry Morley 1858

  • Faustus's command, going about the house, clothed like a friar, with a little bell in his hand, seen of none but Faustus.

    Mediaeval Tales Henry Morley 1858

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