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Page v
... writer was not an imaginary one . The " armoury that was hung in " our halls " was not the breast - plate and the helmet that our fathers wore at Agincourt . The 29 armoury to which the poet alludes was the inheritance of thoughts and ...
... writer was not an imaginary one . The " armoury that was hung in " our halls " was not the breast - plate and the helmet that our fathers wore at Agincourt . The 29 armoury to which the poet alludes was the inheritance of thoughts and ...
Page vi
... writer as Shakspere upon the intelligence of England would be a vain attempt , because the most powerful effects of that influence are indirect . It is sufficient to say , there has lived amongst us a man who possessed a power ...
... writer as Shakspere upon the intelligence of England would be a vain attempt , because the most powerful effects of that influence are indirect . It is sufficient to say , there has lived amongst us a man who possessed a power ...
Page ix
... writer who , although the most universal of his time , or of any time , is often obscure , has allusions which are not obvious , and employs phrases and words that are in some degree obsolete . They need help to unravel the difficulties ...
... writer who , although the most universal of his time , or of any time , is often obscure , has allusions which are not obvious , and employs phrases and words that are in some degree obsolete . They need help to unravel the difficulties ...
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... write thy name ? or hast thou a mark to thyself like an honest , plain - dealing man ? " Out of the nineteen , six only can answer , " I thank God I have been so well brought up that I can write my name . " We were reluctant to yield ...
... write thy name ? or hast thou a mark to thyself like an honest , plain - dealing man ? " Out of the nineteen , six only can answer , " I thank God I have been so well brought up that I can write my name . " We were reluctant to yield ...
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... writing ) , the Glovers and Whittawers formed one craft . A whittawer is one who prepares tawed leather - untanned leather - leather chiefly dressed from sheep skins and lamb skins by a simple process of soaking , and scraping , and ...
... writing ) , the Glovers and Whittawers formed one craft . A whittawer is one who prepares tawed leather - untanned leather - leather chiefly dressed from sheep skins and lamb skins by a simple process of soaking , and scraping , and ...
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Angelo Anne Antipholus Appears Ariel BEAT Beatrice Benedick better Blackfriars Theatre brother CAIUS Caliban CLAUD Claudio Collier comedy corrector daughter death DOGB dost doth Dromio DUKE Enter Ephesus ESCAL Exeunt Exit Falstaff father folio FORD friar gentle gentleman Gentlemen of Verona give grace hath hear heart heaven Henley Street Hero honour HOST husband ISAB John Shakspere king lady LAUN Lawrence Fletcher LEON Leonato live look lord LUCIO Malone marriage Marry master doctor MIRA mistress never night PEDRO plays poet Pompey pray prince Prospero Proteus PROV Provost Richard Burbage SCENE servant Shak Shakspere's SHAL Shottery signior Silvia SLEN Slender Snitterfield speak SPEED spere spirit Stratford Stratford-upon-Avon sweet Sycorax tell theatre thee there's thou art Thurio Valentine wife William Shakspere woman word