Romeo and JulietPresents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character. |
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... in one form or another , till Shakespeare took it in hand , and so far eclipsed all who had touched it before , that their labours were left to perish . Whether the Poet availed himself of any earlier drama on 4 ROMEO AND JULIET .
... in one form or another , till Shakespeare took it in hand , and so far eclipsed all who had touched it before , that their labours were left to perish . Whether the Poet availed himself of any earlier drama on 4 ROMEO AND JULIET .
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William Shakespeare Henry Norman Hudson. Whether the Poet availed himself of any earlier drama on the subject , is not ... Poet would hardly have undertaken to re- write the play , had he not supposed he could make impor- tant changes for ...
William Shakespeare Henry Norman Hudson. Whether the Poet availed himself of any earlier drama on the subject , is not ... Poet would hardly have undertaken to re- write the play , had he not supposed he could make impor- tant changes for ...
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... Poet having been a careless or a hasty writer . For instance , the speech of Juliet on taking the sleeping - draught , and also that of Romeo just before he swallows the poison , are mere trifles in the first copy as compared with what ...
... Poet having been a careless or a hasty writer . For instance , the speech of Juliet on taking the sleeping - draught , and also that of Romeo just before he swallows the poison , are mere trifles in the first copy as compared with what ...
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... Poet's different styles . And a comparison of Romeo and Juliet with the poetical portions of King Henry the Fourth , which was published in 1598 , will suffice for concluding that the former must have been written several years before ...
... Poet's different styles . And a comparison of Romeo and Juliet with the poetical portions of King Henry the Fourth , which was published in 1598 , will suffice for concluding that the former must have been written several years before ...
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... Poet's hand . And all the other characters , though the forms of them are partly borrowed , are set forth with an idiomatic sharpness and vitality of delineation , to which the older versions of the tale make no approach . But what is ...
... Poet's hand . And all the other characters , though the forms of them are partly borrowed , are set forth with an idiomatic sharpness and vitality of delineation , to which the older versions of the tale make no approach . But what is ...
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ancient art thou banished beauty BENVOLIO breath Collier's second folio crystal scales dead dear death dost doth dream Enter CAPULET Enter ROMEO Exeunt Exit eyes fair Farewell fear flower Friar LAURENCE gentle gentleman give gleek gone grave hand hath heart Heaven hence holy Houses Juliet Julius Cæsar kinsman kiss Lady CAPULET Lettsom lives look lord love's lovers Madam Mantua marriage married means Mercutio Montague nature night Nurse o'er old copies read old text pardonnez-mois Paris passion peace play Poet Poet's Prince quarrel quarto Romeo and Juliet Rosaline SCENE sense Servant Shakespeare slain sleep soul speak speech stay sweet tears tell thee Theobald thine thing thou art thou hast thou wilt to-night true Twelfth Night Tybalt Verona vex'd villain weep word