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... kind permission to use their text or illustrations ; to my friend Mr R. B. McKerrow for the extracts taken from his edition of Nashe , to Dr W. W. Greg for the contract on p . 161 from his Henslowe Papers and the letters on pp . 92 and ...
... kind permission to use their text or illustrations ; to my friend Mr R. B. McKerrow for the extracts taken from his edition of Nashe , to Dr W. W. Greg for the contract on p . 161 from his Henslowe Papers and the letters on pp . 92 and ...
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... kind of creatures , namely hounds . GERVASE MARKHAM , Countrey Contentments 1611 Preparations for the chase Immediately after supper the huntsman should go to his master's chamber , and , if he serve a king , then let him go to the ...
... kind of creatures , namely hounds . GERVASE MARKHAM , Countrey Contentments 1611 Preparations for the chase Immediately after supper the huntsman should go to his master's chamber , and , if he serve a king , then let him go to the ...
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... kind , So flew'd , so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook - knee'd , and dew - lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit , but match'd in mouth like bells , Each under each . A ...
... kind , So flew'd , so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook - knee'd , and dew - lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit , but match'd in mouth like bells , Each under each . A ...
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... kind of fight , than a play or recreation ; a bloody and murdering practice , than a fellowly sport or pastime . For doth not every one lie in wait for his adversary , seeking to overthrow him and to pick him on his nose , though it be ...
... kind of fight , than a play or recreation ; a bloody and murdering practice , than a fellowly sport or pastime . For doth not every one lie in wait for his adversary , seeking to overthrow him and to pick him on his nose , though it be ...
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... kind . And I another . I myself have all the other ; * * * Though his bark cannot be lost , Yet it shall be tempest - tost . Macbeth , 1. iii . 8-25 [ It is well - known that Macbeth was written for the eye of King James . The following ...
... kind . And I another . I myself have all the other ; * * * Though his bark cannot be lost , Yet it shall be tempest - tost . Macbeth , 1. iii . 8-25 [ It is well - known that Macbeth was written for the eye of King James . The following ...
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