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 taleHarper & brothers, 1847 |
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... expression . Johnson ( probably on the authority of his friend , Sir J. Reynolds ) has well replied to the objection raised by Upton to Shakespeare's right of authorship to this piece , founded on the difference of style and manner from ...
... expression . Johnson ( probably on the authority of his friend , Sir J. Reynolds ) has well replied to the objection raised by Upton to Shakespeare's right of authorship to this piece , founded on the difference of style and manner from ...
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... expression ; while , like his great dramatic ante - type , his earlier works , full of grace and mind , yet bore the marks of the feebler school in which he had studied , as well as of the timidity and constraint of half- formed talent ...
... expression ; while , like his great dramatic ante - type , his earlier works , full of grace and mind , yet bore the marks of the feebler school in which he had studied , as well as of the timidity and constraint of half- formed talent ...
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... expression was in general use then , though probably derived from that ancient show . " for he , being in love , could not see to garter his hose " -At the period of this play , garters of great mag- nificence appeared around the large ...
... expression was in general use then , though probably derived from that ancient show . " for he , being in love , could not see to garter his hose " -At the period of this play , garters of great mag- nificence appeared around the large ...
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... expression occurs in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING , where we have " the infinite of thought , " and also in Chaucer : - " ' although the life of it be stretched with infinite of time . " The reading we give is that of the first folio ...
... expression occurs in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING , where we have " the infinite of thought , " and also in Chaucer : - " ' although the life of it be stretched with infinite of time . " The reading we give is that of the first folio ...
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... expression is common in old English , and corre- sponds to the French tout de bon . 66 β β such a colour'd periwig β βIt seems , from various contemporary authorities , that false hair was much worn in Shakespeare's time : the custom ...
... expression is common in old English , and corre- sponds to the French tout de bon . 66 β β such a colour'd periwig β βIt seems , from various contemporary authorities , that false hair was much worn in Shakespeare's time : the custom ...
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Angelo Beat Benedick better Biron Boyet brother Caliban character Claud Claudio Collier comedy COMEDY OF ERRORS daughter dost doth Dromio Duke Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fair fairy father fear folio fool Ford gentle gentleman GENTLEMEN OF VERONA give grace hand hath hear heart heaven honour humour husband Isab Kate Kath King knave lady Launce Leon Leonato look lord LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST Lucio madam maid Malvolio marry master master doctor means MEASURE FOR MEASURE MERCHANT OF VENICE merry mistress never night old copies Pedro play Poet Pompey pr'ythee pray Proteus quarto Rosalind SCENE sense Shakespeare Shylock signior speak swear sweet tell thee there's Theseus thine thing thou art thou hast thought Thurio tongue true TWELFTH NIGHT wife woman word