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... BY JOHN DOVER WILSON , M.A. FORMERLY SCHOLAR OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE , CAMBRIDGE Cambridge : at the University Press MIA OL AMBOMLIAO First Edition 1911 Second Edition 1913 Reprinted 1920 LIFE IN SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLAND.
... BY JOHN DOVER WILSON , M.A. FORMERLY SCHOLAR OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE , CAMBRIDGE Cambridge : at the University Press MIA OL AMBOMLIAO First Edition 1911 Second Edition 1913 Reprinted 1920 LIFE IN SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLAND.
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... scholar , I have striven to make it as attractive and as easy to read as possible . The text has been modernised throughout , an under- taking which has convinced me that Elizabethan editors save themselves a vast deal of trouble and ...
... scholar , I have striven to make it as attractive and as easy to read as possible . The text has been modernised throughout , an under- taking which has convinced me that Elizabethan editors save themselves a vast deal of trouble and ...
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... scholar § 4. TRAVEL . The use and abuse of travel , the Italianate English- man Part II . Shakespeare in London 1586-1608 Goes to London ( ? on foot ) c . 1586 : recognised as a rising dramatist 1592 : publishes Venus and Adonis 1593 ...
... scholar § 4. TRAVEL . The use and abuse of travel , the Italianate English- man Part II . Shakespeare in London 1586-1608 Goes to London ( ? on foot ) c . 1586 : recognised as a rising dramatist 1592 : publishes Venus and Adonis 1593 ...
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... her wing for the partridge . The little fawn is stolen from the doe , and the male deer begin to herd . The spirit of youth is inclined to mirth , and the conscionable scholar will not break a holy - day . The minstrel calls 23 FESTIVAL.
... her wing for the partridge . The little fawn is stolen from the doe , and the male deer begin to herd . The spirit of youth is inclined to mirth , and the conscionable scholar will not break a holy - day . The minstrel calls 23 FESTIVAL.
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... scholar than I thought he was . Evans . He is a good sprag memory . Farewell , Mistress Page . The Merry Wives of Windsor , iv . i . An interesting parallel [ Shakespeare was an exact contemporary of Willis . Like him , he is supposed ...
... scholar than I thought he was . Evans . He is a good sprag memory . Farewell , Mistress Page . The Merry Wives of Windsor , iv . i . An interesting parallel [ Shakespeare was an exact contemporary of Willis . Like him , he is supposed ...
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