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"High characters," cries one, and he would see Things that ne'er were, nor are, nor e'er will be.

The Goblins. Epilogue. Compare: "Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be", Alexander Pope, Essay on Criticism, part ii, line 53; "There's no such thing in Nature, and you'll draw A faultless monster which the world ne'er saw", John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, Essay on Poetry.


The prince of darkness is a gentleman.

The Goblins. The same is found in William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act iii, Sc. 4.


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