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numerous in most of the old plays
The stage directions, which are fairly numerous in most of the old plays which have been preserved, enable us to picture to ourselves the successive stages of their development with considerable minuteness.
— from Old Picture Books, With Other Essays on Bookish Subjects by Alfred W. (Alfred William) Pollard

noticeable in many of the other poems
A similar blending is noticeable in many of the other poems, ancient mythology being made to furnish forth the setting and the symbols of modern passion.
— from The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Calvin Thomas

naturally introduced many of their own peculiar
The Jews naturally introduced many of their own peculiar traditions, and thus can be explained the presence of tales from the Talmud and the Midrash in our modern fairy tale books.
— from Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Gustav Karpeles

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