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this drift " -- " I suspect that the author concluded the act with this couplet , and
that the next scene should begin the third act ; but the change , as it will add
nothing to the probability of the action , is of no great importance . " -- Jonsson .
SCENE ...
this drift " -- " I suspect that the author concluded the act with this couplet , and
that the next scene should begin the third act ; but the change , as it will add
nothing to the probability of the action , is of no great importance . " -- Jonsson .
SCENE ...
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It was against SCENE II . this practice that Prynne wrote his treatise on the " - to
show a child his new coat , and forbid him to “ Unlovelyness of Love - locks . ” It
appears from Man . wear it " -Shakespeare seldom repeats himself ; but , in zoni's
...
It was against SCENE II . this practice that Prynne wrote his treatise on the " - to
show a child his new coat , and forbid him to “ Unlovelyness of Love - locks . ” It
appears from Man . wear it " -Shakespeare seldom repeats himself ; but , in zoni's
...
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For will in us is over - ruled by fate . When two are stripp'd , long ere the course
begin , In act i . scene 2 , of this play , Rosalind asks Touchstone , We wish that
one should lose , the other win : “ How now , wit ! whither wander you ? " which ...
For will in us is over - ruled by fate . When two are stripp'd , long ere the course
begin , In act i . scene 2 , of this play , Rosalind asks Touchstone , We wish that
one should lose , the other win : “ How now , wit ! whither wander you ? " which ...
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SCENE III . SCENE IV . " - Much Orlando ” —Ironically , no Orlando here ; “ As
those that fear ; they hope , and know they fear "as we still say , " I shall get much
by that ” —meaning , I In the folio the line is printed thus :shall get nothing .
SCENE III . SCENE IV . " - Much Orlando ” —Ironically , no Orlando here ; “ As
those that fear ; they hope , and know they fear "as we still say , " I shall get much
by that ” —meaning , I In the folio the line is printed thus :shall get nothing .
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the fine's the crown " -From the Latin proverb , in familiar modern use , though of
no classical authority , ACT V. - SCENE I. “ Finis coronat opus . " “ Fine ” is used
for end , in its primitive sense , which is now retained only in the com“ Enter a ...
the fine's the crown " -From the Latin proverb , in familiar modern use , though of
no classical authority , ACT V. - SCENE I. “ Finis coronat opus . " “ Fine ” is used
for end , in its primitive sense , which is now retained only in the com“ Enter a ...
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"like a wood woman" might indeed have meant "frantic" or "wild" (with grief) which Launce mentions referring to the "shoe" which he adopts for the sake of illustration. However, Shakespeare, even at his earliest writings, was vastly entertained by double entendres and his love of puns is so well documented. In that time in Italy, women wore platform shoes which were raised to elevate the shoes from the mud and other unpleasant "stuff". These were called "chopines" and the platforms were constructed of wood. The higher the platform, the higher the pretentiousness of the lady. Her height could have put her above many others. Since Launce has his father and mother represented as shoes, this second meaning is certainly not outside of the possibility for Shakespeare's intention. Naturally, it would have had the effect of a rather "localized" and "temporary" idea, but the fact of its having been very popular in that day makes it a candidate for the Bard's delight.
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| Title | Comedies. Two gentlemen of Verona 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 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 |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Gulian Crommelin Verplanck |
| Illustrated by | Henry W. Hewet |
| Publisher | Harper & brothers, 1847 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Feb 2006 |
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