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. Tempest. All's well that ends well. Winter's taleHarper & brothers, 1847 |
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... common stock of romantic narrative . In the humorous parts of the play , he is still more unfettered by authority , and more whimsically and boldly original . He happened to find the stage mainly abandoned in its comic underplots and ...
... common stock of romantic narrative . In the humorous parts of the play , he is still more unfettered by authority , and more whimsically and boldly original . He happened to find the stage mainly abandoned in its comic underplots and ...
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William Shakespeare Gulian Crommelin Verplanck. Pro . Valentine ! Val . Thou common friend , that's without faith or love ; ( For such is a friend now , ) treacherous man ! Thou hast beguil'd my hopes : nought but mine eye Could have ...
William Shakespeare Gulian Crommelin Verplanck. Pro . Valentine ! Val . Thou common friend , that's without faith or love ; ( For such is a friend now , ) treacherous man ! Thou hast beguil'd my hopes : nought but mine eye Could have ...
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... common trick of a fantastic lover , who thereby implied he was too much occupied by his passion to pay atten- tion to his dress . " O excellent MOTION ! O exceeding PUPPET ” — “ A ' motion , ' in Shakespeare's time , meant a puppet ...
... common trick of a fantastic lover , who thereby implied he was too much occupied by his passion to pay atten- tion to his dress . " O excellent MOTION ! O exceeding PUPPET ” — “ A ' motion , ' in Shakespeare's time , meant a puppet ...
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... common reading is that of the second folio , “ Instances as infinite , " which is preferred by Collier . " my LONGING journey " -Dr . Grey observes that " longing " is a participle active , with a passive significa- tion , for longed ...
... common reading is that of the second folio , “ Instances as infinite , " which is preferred by Collier . " my LONGING journey " -Dr . Grey observes that " longing " is a participle active , with a passive significa- tion , for longed ...
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... common explanation is , that it refers to " the holy dame " -- the Virgin Mary . But Nares ( Glos- sary ) and others reject both interpretations , and with more probability , and say it is merely " Holy with the termination dom , as ...
... common explanation is , that it refers to " the holy dame " -- the Virgin Mary . But Nares ( Glos- sary ) and others reject both interpretations , and with more probability , and say it is merely " Holy with the termination dom , as ...
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