New Shakespeareana: A Twentieth Century Review of Shakespearean and Dramatic Study Conducted by the Shakespeare Society of New York, Volumes 1-3Shakespeare Press, 1902 |
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Page 10 - His mind and hand went together ; and what he thought, he uttered with that easiness, that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers.
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