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Lillo had much tragic power, and wrote with a pathos which is irresistible. His versification is uncommonly harmonious. He was, perhaps, the last of the old school of the drama; and there are passages in some of his plays, which would have done no discredit to his most celebrated predecessors.

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 * "Thai. {{gap|10em}}Voice and favour!—

You are—you are—O royal Pericles!— {{float right|[She faints.}}
 * "Per. What means the woman? she dies! help, gentlemen!
 * "Cer. Noble sir,

If you have told Diana's altar true, This is your wife.
 * "Per. {{gap|4em}}Reverend appearer, no;

I threw her o'erboard with these very arms.
 * "Cer. Upon this coast I warrant you.

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