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Page xiii
From the celebrated passage in Twelfth Night , concluding with " Then let thy love be younger than thyself , Or thy affection cannot hold the bent , " we may suspect that Shakspeare , at the time of writing this , which was probably his ...
From the celebrated passage in Twelfth Night , concluding with " Then let thy love be younger than thyself , Or thy affection cannot hold the bent , " we may suspect that Shakspeare , at the time of writing this , which was probably his ...
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Garnier , the author of it , is describing the appearance of the ghost of Admiral Coligny , on the night after his murder , at the massacre of St. Bartholomew , and introduces the following passage : - Sans pieds , sans mains , sans nez ...
Garnier , the author of it , is describing the appearance of the ghost of Admiral Coligny , on the night after his murder , at the massacre of St. Bartholomew , and introduces the following passage : - Sans pieds , sans mains , sans nez ...
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... meanest hovel to which Shakspeare has an allusion interests curiosity , and acquires an importance , surely the tree which has spread its shade over him , and sheltered him from the dews of the night , has a claim to our attention .
... meanest hovel to which Shakspeare has an allusion interests curiosity , and acquires an importance , surely the tree which has spread its shade over him , and sheltered him from the dews of the night , has a claim to our attention .
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... hired by the night , for the more wealthy and refined portion of the audience ; and there were again the galleries , or scaffolds above the boxes , for those who were content to purchase inferior accommodations at a cheaper rate .
... hired by the night , for the more wealthy and refined portion of the audience ; and there were again the galleries , or scaffolds above the boxes , for those who were content to purchase inferior accommodations at a cheaper rate .
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Indeed , must not all the humor of the mock play in the Midsummer Night's Dream have failed in its intent , unless the audience before whom it was performed were accustomed to be gratified by the combination of all the embellishments ...
Indeed , must not all the humor of the mock play in the Midsummer Night's Dream have failed in its intent , unless the audience before whom it was performed were accustomed to be gratified by the combination of all the embellishments ...
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| Title | The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from Each Play, with a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Compiled by | William Dodd |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson, 1849 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 4 May 2010 |
| Length | 345 pages |
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