Comedies. Two gentlemen of VeronaHarper & brothers, 1847 |
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... play is full of undeniable marks of the author , in its strong resemblance in taste and style to his earlier plays and poems , as well as in the indications it gives of the author's future power of original humour and vivid delineation ...
... play is full of undeniable marks of the author , in its strong resemblance in taste and style to his earlier plays and poems , as well as in the indications it gives of the author's future power of original humour and vivid delineation ...
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... play is " the hastening too abruptly , and without preparation , to the dénouement , which shows that it was one of Shakespeare's very early performances . " This , however , appears to be rather the want of dramatic skill , to be ...
... play is " the hastening too abruptly , and without preparation , to the dénouement , which shows that it was one of Shakespeare's very early performances . " This , however , appears to be rather the want of dramatic skill , to be ...
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... plays- Host . Ay ; but peace ! let's hear ' em . SONG . Who is Silvia ? what is she , That all our swains commend ... play but one thing . But , Host , doth this sir Proteus , that we talk on , Often resort unto this gentlewoman ...
... plays- Host . Ay ; but peace ! let's hear ' em . SONG . Who is Silvia ? what is she , That all our swains commend ... play but one thing . But , Host , doth this sir Proteus , that we talk on , Often resort unto this gentlewoman ...
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... play'd , Our youth got me to play the woman's part , And I was trimm'd in madam Julia's gown , Which served me as fit , by all men's judgments , As if the garment had been made for me : Therefore , I know she is about my height . And at ...
... play'd , Our youth got me to play the woman's part , And I was trimm'd in madam Julia's gown , Which served me as fit , by all men's judgments , As if the garment had been made for me : Therefore , I know she is about my height . And at ...
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... play- fully , to his " ladye love , " Knight rejects the slang meaning , and intimates , on the authority of Horne Tooke's definition of lace , " to catch , to hold , " that the phrase here means " a caught sheep . " Proteus , how- ever ...
... play- fully , to his " ladye love , " Knight rejects the slang meaning , and intimates , on the authority of Horne Tooke's definition of lace , " to catch , to hold , " that the phrase here means " a caught sheep . " Proteus , how- ever ...
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