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... of affection Sh . merely followed the novel and the poem to which he went for his plot . There he found the incident of Romeo's earlier love ; Ben . Of love ? Rom . Out of her 20 [ ACT . I , SC . i ROMEO AND JULIET .
... of affection Sh . merely followed the novel and the poem to which he went for his plot . There he found the incident of Romeo's earlier love ; Ben . Of love ? Rom . Out of her 20 [ ACT . I , SC . i ROMEO AND JULIET .
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... poem the hero is first introduced to us , as in the play , the victim to an unrequited passion . Romeus , we are told : “ Hath founde a mayde so fayre ( he founde so foule his happe ) , Whose beauty , shape , and comely grace , did so ...
... poem the hero is first introduced to us , as in the play , the victim to an unrequited passion . Romeus , we are told : “ Hath founde a mayde so fayre ( he founde so foule his happe ) , Whose beauty , shape , and comely grace , did so ...
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... poets ; perhaps it might be hinted by the Ode of Sappho preserved by Longinus . Petrarch is full of it : " Pace non trovo e non ho da far guerra ; E temo , e spero , e ardo , e son un ghiaccio ; E volo sopra'l ciel , e giaccio in terra ...
... poets ; perhaps it might be hinted by the Ode of Sappho preserved by Longinus . Petrarch is full of it : " Pace non trovo e non ho da far guerra ; E temo , e spero , e ardo , e son un ghiaccio ; E volo sopra'l ciel , e giaccio in terra ...
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... poems : " From fairest creatures we desire increase , That thereby beauty's rose might never die . " [ Sonnet 1 . " Then ... poem of Romeus and Juliet : " Choose out some worthy dame , her honor thou and serve , Who will geve ear to thy ...
... poems : " From fairest creatures we desire increase , That thereby beauty's rose might never die . " [ Sonnet 1 . " Then ... poem of Romeus and Juliet : " Choose out some worthy dame , her honor thou and serve , Who will geve ear to thy ...
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