Comedies: Two gentlemen of Verona. Comedy of errors. Taming of the shrew. Much ado about nothing. Love labour's lost. Merchant of Venice. Merry wives of Windsor. Twelfth night. As you like it. Midsummer night's dream. Measure for measure. The tempest. All's well that ends well. Winter's tale |
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His poem of Venus and Adonis , first printed in 1592 , he himself has ( in his dedication ) designated as “ the first heir of his invention , ” and may probably have been written before he removed to London , —and before , or not long ...
His poem of Venus and Adonis , first printed in 1592 , he himself has ( in his dedication ) designated as “ the first heir of his invention , ” and may probably have been written before he removed to London , —and before , or not long ...
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Upon the whole , the Two GENTLEMEN OF Verona , whatever rank of merit may be assigned to it by critics , will always be read and studied with deeper interest than it can probably excite as a mere literary performance , because it ...
Upon the whole , the Two GENTLEMEN OF Verona , whatever rank of merit may be assigned to it by critics , will always be read and studied with deeper interest than it can probably excite as a mere literary performance , because it ...
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... sometimes over a caul of gold , and ornamented with feathers , in some instances profusely . These are most probably the Milan caps or bonnets of which we hear so much in wardrobe accounts , and other records of the time .
... sometimes over a caul of gold , and ornamented with feathers , in some instances profusely . These are most probably the Milan caps or bonnets of which we hear so much in wardrobe accounts , and other records of the time .
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It is hopper eaten , and the residue of the grasshopper hath more probably derived from an old custom of rustic the canker - worm eaten , and the residue of the cankermerriment at harvest - home feasts . worm hath the caterpillar eaten ...
It is hopper eaten , and the residue of the grasshopper hath more probably derived from an old custom of rustic the canker - worm eaten , and the residue of the cankermerriment at harvest - home feasts . worm hath the caterpillar eaten ...
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Either had sleeves or not , seems that the expression was in general use then , as the wearer fancied ; for by the inventories and wardthough probably derived from that ancient show . robe accounts of the time , we find that the sleeves ...
Either had sleeves or not , seems that the expression was in general use then , as the wearer fancied ; for by the inventories and wardthough probably derived from that ancient show . robe accounts of the time , we find that the sleeves ...
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| Title | Comedies: Two gentlemen of Verona. Comedy of errors. Taming of the shrew. Much ado about nothing. Love labour's lost. Merchant of Venice. Merry wives of Windsor. Twelfth night. As you like it. Midsummer night's dream. Measure for measure. The tempest. All's well that ends well. Winter's tale Volume 2 of Shakespeare's Plays with His Life: Illustrated with Many Hundred Wood-cuts, Executed by H.W. Hewet, After Designs by Kenny Meadows, Harvey, and Others, Gulian Crommelin Verplanck Volume 2 of Shakespeare's Plays: With His Life : Illustrated with Many Hundred Wood-cuts, Gulian Crommelin Verplanck Volume 2 of Shakespeare's Plays: With His Life, Gulian Crommelin Verplanck |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Gulian Crommelin Verplanck |
| Illustrated by | Henry W. Hewet |
| Publisher | Harper & brothers, 1847 |
| Original from | University of Iowa |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2015 |
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