Select Plays; A Midsummer Night's DreamClarendon Press, 1879 - 147 pages |
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... Lady Rich , and Helena , Elizabeth Vernon ' ( The Secret Drama of Shakespeare's Sonnets unfolded , p . 475 ) . ' Perhaps , ' he adds in a note ( p . 481 ) , ' it was one of the Plays presented before Mr. Secretary Cecil and Lord ...
... Lady Rich , and Helena , Elizabeth Vernon ' ( The Secret Drama of Shakespeare's Sonnets unfolded , p . 475 ) . ' Perhaps , ' he adds in a note ( p . 481 ) , ' it was one of the Plays presented before Mr. Secretary Cecil and Lord ...
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... Lady Douglas , Countess of Sheffield , to whom he was believed to be privately married . The aim which he took at a fair vestal throned by the west is the attempt made by him upon this occasion to win the hand of Elizabeth . This was ...
... Lady Douglas , Countess of Sheffield , to whom he was believed to be privately married . The aim which he took at a fair vestal throned by the west is the attempt made by him upon this occasion to win the hand of Elizabeth . This was ...
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... lady , dotes , Devoutly dotes , dotes in idolatry , Upon this spotted and inconstant man . The . I must confess that I have heard so much , And with Demetrius thought to have spoke thereof ; But , being over - full of self - affairs ...
... lady , dotes , Devoutly dotes , dotes in idolatry , Upon this spotted and inconstant man . The . I must confess that I have heard so much , And with Demetrius thought to have spoke thereof ; But , being over - full of self - affairs ...
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... Flu . What is Thisby ? a wandering knight ? Quin . It is the lady that Pyramus must love . 40 Flu . Nay , faith , let not me play a woman ; I have a beard coming . 1 Quin . That's all one : you shall play ACT I. SCENE II . 9.
... Flu . What is Thisby ? a wandering knight ? Quin . It is the lady that Pyramus must love . 40 Flu . Nay , faith , let not me play a woman ; I have a beard coming . 1 Quin . That's all one : you shall play ACT I. SCENE II . 9.
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... lady dear ! ' Quin . No , no ; you must play Pyramus : and , Flute , you Thisby . Bot . Well , proceed . Quin ... ladies , that they would shriek ; and that were enough to hang us all . All . That would hang us , every mother's son . 70 ...
... lady dear ! ' Quin . No , no ; you must play Pyramus : and , Flute , you Thisby . Bot . Well , proceed . Quin ... ladies , that they would shriek ; and that were enough to hang us all . All . That would hang us , every mother's son . 70 ...
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