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... play that ever I saw in my life . ' Mr. Pepys was perhaps a little difficult to please , and his critical judgement was not final . The Tempest is the most innocent play he ever saw , and has no great wit . He PREFACE . xxi.
... play that ever I saw in my life . ' Mr. Pepys was perhaps a little difficult to please , and his critical judgement was not final . The Tempest is the most innocent play he ever saw , and has no great wit . He PREFACE . xxi.
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... tempest of my eyes . 130 Lys . Ay me ! for aught that I could ever read , Could ever hear by tale or history , The course of true love never did run smooth ; But , either it was different in blood , — Her . O cross ! too high to be ...
... tempest of my eyes . 130 Lys . Ay me ! for aught that I could ever read , Could ever hear by tale or history , The course of true love never did run smooth ; But , either it was different in blood , — Her . O cross ! too high to be ...
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... Tempest , v . 2 . III , the first folio has ' Where thou bee'st he or no . ' 70. the livery of a nun . For the word ' nun ' applied to a woman in the time of Theseus see North's Plutarch ( 1631 ) , p . 2 : ' But geus desiring ( as they ...
... Tempest , v . 2 . III , the first folio has ' Where thou bee'st he or no . ' 70. the livery of a nun . For the word ' nun ' applied to a woman in the time of Theseus see North's Plutarch ( 1631 ) , p . 2 : ' But geus desiring ( as they ...
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William Shakespeare. 75. undergo , endure . So in The Tempest , iii . 1. 3 : ' Some kinds of baseness Are nobly undergone . ' Ib . maiden pilgrimage , a course of life passed in virginity . This sense of ' pilgrimage ' is in accordance ...
William Shakespeare. 75. undergo , endure . So in The Tempest , iii . 1. 3 : ' Some kinds of baseness Are nobly undergone . ' Ib . maiden pilgrimage , a course of life passed in virginity . This sense of ' pilgrimage ' is in accordance ...
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... Tempest , v . I. 308. In the same way Compare Julius Cæsar , v . 3. 105 : " we have funeral ' and ' funerals . ' · His funerals shall not be in our camp ' ; although in this case it is the singular form that has survived . 126. nearly ...
... Tempest , v . I. 308. In the same way Compare Julius Cæsar , v . 3. 105 : " we have funeral ' and ' funerals . ' · His funerals shall not be in our camp ' ; although in this case it is the singular form that has survived . 126. nearly ...
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