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John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation Quotes: Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd, Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind
         

Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd, Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind


John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
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