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Page vii
Though Shakspeare quitted Stratford on account of a juvenile irregularity , we have no reason to suppose that he had forfeited the protection of his father , who was engaged in a lucrative business , or the love of his wife , who had ...
Though Shakspeare quitted Stratford on account of a juvenile irregularity , we have no reason to suppose that he had forfeited the protection of his father , who was engaged in a lucrative business , or the love of his wife , who had ...
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More skilful research has since found , that Romeo and Juliet , and Richard II . and III . were printed in 1597 , when he was thirty - three years old ; there is also some reason to think that he commenced as a dramatic writer in 1592 ...
More skilful research has since found , that Romeo and Juliet , and Richard II . and III . were printed in 1597 , when he was thirty - three years old ; there is also some reason to think that he commenced as a dramatic writer in 1592 ...
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The reason assigned for this is , that he wrote them for a particular theatre , sold them to • Dr. Johnson's Preface . the managers when only an actor , reserved them in xü LIFE OF SHAKSPEARE .
The reason assigned for this is , that he wrote them for a particular theatre , sold them to • Dr. Johnson's Preface . the managers when only an actor , reserved them in xü LIFE OF SHAKSPEARE .
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And now , And now , I pray you , sir , ( For still® ' tis beating in my mind , ) your reason For raising this sea - storm ? Pro . Know thus far forth . By accident most strange , bountiful fortune , Now my dear lady , hath mine enemies ...
And now , And now , I pray you , sir , ( For still® ' tis beating in my mind , ) your reason For raising this sea - storm ? Pro . Know thus far forth . By accident most strange , bountiful fortune , Now my dear lady , hath mine enemies ...
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Who was so firm , so constant , that his coil Would not infect his reason ? Ari . Not a soul But felt a fever of the mad , and played Some tricks of desperation : All , but mariners , Plunged in the foaming brine , and quit the vessel ...
Who was so firm , so constant , that his coil Would not infect his reason ? Ari . Not a soul But felt a fever of the mad , and played Some tricks of desperation : All , but mariners , Plunged in the foaming brine , and quit the vessel ...
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