Comedies. Two gentlemen of VeronaHarper & brothers, 1847 |
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... Shakespeare almost as much as the clearness and gracefulness of a style , acquired in the best school of English ... Shakespeare's very early performances . " This , however , appears to be rather the want of dramatic skill , to be ...
... Shakespeare almost as much as the clearness and gracefulness of a style , acquired in the best school of English ... Shakespeare's very early performances . " This , however , appears to be rather the want of dramatic skill , to be ...
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William Shakespeare Gulian Crommelin Verplanck. " sheep . " In many parts of England " sheep " is yet pronounced ... SHAKESPEARE well remarks- " The whole character of Julia in this play is in the best style of Shakespeare's domestic ...
William Shakespeare Gulian Crommelin Verplanck. " sheep . " In many parts of England " sheep " is yet pronounced ... SHAKESPEARE well remarks- " The whole character of Julia in this play is in the best style of Shakespeare's domestic ...
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... Shakespeare , in using the phrase " the lions , " was thinking of " the lions " in the Tower , of London ; but it ... Shakespeare's time , meant a puppet - show , from the puppets being moved by the master , who in- terpreted to ( or for ) ...
... Shakespeare , in using the phrase " the lions , " was thinking of " the lions " in the Tower , of London ; but it ... Shakespeare's time , meant a puppet - show , from the puppets being moved by the master , who in- terpreted to ( or for ) ...
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... Shakespeare's time : the custom , however , had newly arisen . In " Northward Hoe , " ( 1607 , ) we find this ... Shakespeare's time was not of the colourless quality which now constitutes the perfection of glass , but of a light blue ...
... Shakespeare's time : the custom , however , had newly arisen . In " Northward Hoe , " ( 1607 , ) we find this ... Shakespeare's time was not of the colourless quality which now constitutes the perfection of glass , but of a light blue ...
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William Shakespeare Gulian Crommelin Verplanck. whose penitence touches him , and whose happiness he believes to require the sacrifice . Such romantic gener- osity is not uncommon in fiction , and probably not al- together unknown in ...
William Shakespeare Gulian Crommelin Verplanck. whose penitence touches him , and whose happiness he believes to require the sacrifice . Such romantic gener- osity is not uncommon in fiction , and probably not al- together unknown in ...
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