Arjuna in disguise a dancing teacher wooing Subhadra. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

Draupadi in disguise being induced to take a jar of liquor to Kichaka by Sudeshna. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

Olimpio Calvetti, having escaped in disguise after the killing of Count Francesco Cenci, is recognized by friends of the Count. Etching, ca. 1850.

An episode in the play L'école des femmes by Molière: Horace, standing in a city street, asks Arnulphe (in disguise) to look after Agnès. Engraving by F. Joullain, 1726, after C.A. Coypel.

An episode in 'Gil Blas': Gil Blas and Don Alphonso, on the road from Toledo to Cuenca, receive advice from a hermit who subsequently reveals himself as their friend Don Raphael in disguise. Engraving by F. Engleheart after R. Smirke.

A disguised Ravana luring Sita away. Chromolithograph.

A fox about to fall into a pit-trap disguised with shrubwood. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.

Page 121: Sita being lured by a disguised Ravana, while Rama and Laksmana hunt in the forest. Watercolour drawing.

A traveller being entranced by a witch disguised as a beautiful woman in the Alps. Engraving by T. Stocks after F. Meadows.

Philemon and Baucis providing food and shelter for Jupiter [Zeus] and Mercury [Hermes] who are disguised as travellers. Engraving after Sir P.P. Rubens.

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The irish lad. Sung by Mrs. Wrighten, in the new Comic Opera called the Double Disguise.

The Devil in Disguise : deception, delusion, and fanaticism in the early English enlightenment / Mark Knights.

Polite amusements, containing select histories equally instructive and entertaining. Viz. The platonic lovers. The fair pilgrim, or Double Disguise. The generous lovers, or the fatal Effects of Jealousy. Translated from the French.

Select dramatic pieces; some of which have been acted in provincial theatres, others written for private performance, and country amusement: Viz. The Boarding-School Miss One and All the Disguise the Musico Who's Afraid and the Bulse.

Do you know what you are about? Or, a Protestant alarm to Great Britain: proving our late theatric squabble, a type of the present contest for the crown of Poland; and that the division between Handel and Senesino, has more in it than we imagine. also That the latter is no Eunuch, but a Jesuit in Disguise; with other Particulars of the greatest Importance.

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The irish lad. Sung by Mrs. Wrighten, in the new Comic Opera called the Double Disguise.

The Devil in Disguise : deception, delusion, and fanaticism in the early English enlightenment / Mark Knights.

Polite amusements, containing select histories equally instructive and entertaining. Viz. The platonic lovers. The fair pilgrim, or Double Disguise. The generous lovers, or the fatal Effects of Jealousy. Translated from the French.

Select dramatic pieces; some of which have been acted in provincial theatres, others written for private performance, and country amusement: Viz. The Boarding-School Miss One and All the Disguise the Musico Who's Afraid and the Bulse.

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Living with invisible illness

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The origins and meanings of pharmacy symbols

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The irish lad. Sung by Mrs. Wrighten, in the new Comic Opera called the Double Disguise.

The Devil in Disguise : deception, delusion, and fanaticism in the early English enlightenment / Mark Knights.

Polite amusements, containing select histories equally instructive and entertaining. Viz. The platonic lovers. The fair pilgrim, or Double Disguise. The generous lovers, or the fatal Effects of Jealousy. Translated from the French.

Select dramatic pieces; some of which have been acted in provincial theatres, others written for private performance, and country amusement: Viz. The Boarding-School Miss One and All the Disguise the Musico Who's Afraid and the Bulse.