The SonnetsNew American Library, 1988 - 246 pages "I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation." (Patrick Stewart) The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged. Each volume features: |
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... hast the might Even with an eye - glance , to choke Mars's drum And turn th ' alarm to whispers ; that canst make A cripple flourish with his crutch , and cure him Before Apollo ; that mayst force the King To be his subjects ' vassal ...
... hast the might Even with an eye - glance , to choke Mars's drum And turn th ' alarm to whispers ; that canst make A cripple flourish with his crutch , and cure him Before Apollo ; that mayst force the King To be his subjects ' vassal ...
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William Shakespeare William Burto. 12 150 O , from what pow'r hast thou this pow'rful might With insufficiency my heart to sway ? To make me give the lie to my true sight And swear that brightness doth not grace the day ? Whence hast ...
William Shakespeare William Burto. 12 150 O , from what pow'r hast thou this pow'rful might With insufficiency my heart to sway ? To make me give the lie to my true sight And swear that brightness doth not grace the day ? Whence hast ...
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... hast damnable iteration , and art indeede able to corrupt a Saint . Thou hast done much harme unto me Hal , God forgiue thee for it . Before I knew thee Hal , I knew nothing : and now I am ( if a man shold speake truly ) little better ...
... hast damnable iteration , and art indeede able to corrupt a Saint . Thou hast done much harme unto me Hal , God forgiue thee for it . Before I knew thee Hal , I knew nothing : and now I am ( if a man shold speake truly ) little better ...
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