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An act of a play of Lillo's was the base of the fourth act of "Mahomet."
Voltaire 2007
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The close relationship in intellectual sympathy between Lillo's talent and the genius of Fielding has already been noticed.
Henry Fielding: a Memoir G. M. Godden
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Barnwell murdered his uncle, the incident that gave rise to Lillo's pathetic tragedy.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 363, March 28, 1829 Various
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She had taken Lillo's cheeks between her hands, and his young eyes were meeting hers.
The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book Ontario. Ministry of Education
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Penryn is the theme of something a little better than the Cornish interludes -- namely, the "Penryn Tragedy," which inspired Lillo's play
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Certain "witty and facetious persons who call themselves the town," continues Davies, brought to the first night copies of the old ballad on which the jeweller's play was based, meaning to mock the new tragedy with the old song; but so forcible and pathetic were Lillo's scenes that these merry gentlemen were obliged "to throw away their ballads, and take out their handkerchiefs."
Henry Fielding: a Memoir G. M. Godden
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Some time after Lillo's death a generous memorial notice of him appeared in Fielding's paper the _Champion_.
Henry Fielding: a Memoir G. M. Godden
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A few weeks before the production of Lillo's tragedy, and while _Pasquin_ was still in the full tide of political success, an event occurred of closer import to Fielding's affectionate nature than all the applause of the Opposition and the town.
Henry Fielding: a Memoir G. M. Godden
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In the September following the sale of his Dorsetshire estate Fielding had to regret the death of George Lillo, to whose success he had devoted so much personal care and energy, when staging Lillo's tragedy _Fatal
Henry Fielding: a Memoir G. M. Godden
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The dates of _Pasquin_, of Lillo's tragedy, and of the _Historical
Henry Fielding: a Memoir G. M. Godden
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