Quotes from Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher's books, and about them
Far from the Madding Crowd on The Maid's Tragedy: “A faint gleam of humour passed over her face as she said: "Bring Beaumont and Fletcher's Maid's Tragedy, and the Mourning Bride, and let me see -- Night Thoughts, and the Vanity of Human Wishes."”
Ulysses on The Maid's Tragedy: “by those delicate poets Master John Fletcher and Master Francis Beaumont that is in their Maid's Tragedy”
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon on The Maid's Tragedy: “In The Maid's Tragedy, by Beaumont and Fletcher, there is a beautiful instance of the kind describing the capricious melancholy of a broken-hearted girl:”