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Page viii
... gives , I think , no decision as to date of 1 Henry VI . I find the echoes of Marlowe in Richard III . far away and dim , " like a cannon in a vault . " With reference to the comparative merits of the two old plays , Grant White says ...
... gives , I think , no decision as to date of 1 Henry VI . I find the echoes of Marlowe in Richard III . far away and dim , " like a cannon in a vault . " With reference to the comparative merits of the two old plays , Grant White says ...
Page xi
... give polish . Note alterations to relieve an over - used word , as " lord " to " liege " ( 9 , 33 ) . One of many so - called proofs of Greene's work is explained away ( 47 , 48 , note ) , like the " well I wot " at line 134. Another ...
... give polish . Note alterations to relieve an over - used word , as " lord " to " liege " ( 9 , 33 ) . One of many so - called proofs of Greene's work is explained away ( 47 , 48 , note ) , like the " well I wot " at line 134. Another ...
Page xii
... give the feeling of time elapsing while the battle rages , which the soldier ( father and son ) episodes serve to make more real . It is also a foil speech of Henry against Richard's soliloquy Needless to say it is entirely by ...
... give the feeling of time elapsing while the battle rages , which the soldier ( father and son ) episodes serve to make more real . It is also a foil speech of Henry against Richard's soliloquy Needless to say it is entirely by ...
Page xx
... gives the " woman wear the breeches " one ( 23-24 ) which was in 2 Henry VI . I. iii . 144. " Charm one's tongue " ( 31 ) was there likewise . Shakespeare's work in both plays . Act v . Scene vi . Very little altered from Q. Henry is ...
... gives the " woman wear the breeches " one ( 23-24 ) which was in 2 Henry VI . I. iii . 144. " Charm one's tongue " ( 31 ) was there likewise . Shakespeare's work in both plays . Act v . Scene vi . Very little altered from Q. Henry is ...
Page xxii
... gives a very full description in Hardyng's Continuation of this terrible scourge , who might be regarded as an anticipa- tion of the English view of Machiavel in Elizabeth's time , with whom Shakespeare makes him compare himself ...
... gives a very full description in Hardyng's Continuation of this terrible scourge , who might be regarded as an anticipa- tion of the English view of Machiavel in Elizabeth's time , with whom Shakespeare makes him compare himself ...
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Page 66 - Would I were dead! if God's good will were so; For what is in this world but grief and woe? O God! methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run: How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the day, How many days will finish up the year, How many years a mortal man may live.
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