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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Page 40
... plays , and is less corrupted than any other . ' Mr. Upton peremptorily determines , that if any proof can be drawn from manner and style , this play must be sent packing , and seek for its parent elsewhere . How otherwise , ' says he ...
... plays , and is less corrupted than any other . ' Mr. Upton peremptorily determines , that if any proof can be drawn from manner and style , this play must be sent packing , and seek for its parent elsewhere . How otherwise , ' says he ...
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... PLAY . HERE are about ten or twelve plots of comic incident that have come down to our times from remote antiquity , -some in the narrative form and others in the dramatic , -which are so rich in unexpected or ludicrous situations and ...
... PLAY . HERE are about ten or twelve plots of comic incident that have come down to our times from remote antiquity , -some in the narrative form and others in the dramatic , -which are so rich in unexpected or ludicrous situations and ...
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... play is taken from the Menęchmi of Plautus , but the plot is entirely recast , and ren- dered much more diverting by the variety and quick succession of the incidents . To the twin brothers of Plautus are added twin servants , and ...
... play is taken from the Menęchmi of Plautus , but the plot is entirely recast , and ren- dered much more diverting by the variety and quick succession of the incidents . To the twin brothers of Plautus are added twin servants , and ...
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... play was derived , it is impossible to ascertain whether Shake- speare is responsible for these anachronisms . ' " Douce , seeing that the COMEDY OF ERRORS was suggested by the Menęchmi of Plautus , considers , no doubt , that ...
... play was derived , it is impossible to ascertain whether Shake- speare is responsible for these anachronisms . ' " Douce , seeing that the COMEDY OF ERRORS was suggested by the Menęchmi of Plautus , considers , no doubt , that ...
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... play upon words . ( See Paradise Lost , ' book vi . 625 . ) ” — KNIGHT . " Am I so ROUND with you , as you with me " - " To be round with any one is to be plain spoken ; as in HAM- LET ; ' Let her be round with him . ' Dromio uses the ...
... play upon words . ( See Paradise Lost , ' book vi . 625 . ) ” — KNIGHT . " Am I so ROUND with you , as you with me " - " To be round with any one is to be plain spoken ; as in HAM- LET ; ' Let her be round with him . ' Dromio uses the ...
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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