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... admirable character of Falstaff , in the two parts of Henry the Fourth , that she commanded him to continue it for one play more and to show him in love . This is said to be the occasion for his writing The Merry Wives of Windsor . How ...
... admirable character of Falstaff , in the two parts of Henry the Fourth , that she commanded him to continue it for one play more and to show him in love . This is said to be the occasion for his writing The Merry Wives of Windsor . How ...
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... admirable of its kind.1 Cardinal Beaufort who had murdered the Duke of Gloucester , is shown in the last agonies on his death bed , with the good king praying over him . There is so much terror in one , so much " The famous " He dies ...
... admirable of its kind.1 Cardinal Beaufort who had murdered the Duke of Gloucester , is shown in the last agonies on his death bed , with the good king praying over him . There is so much terror in one , so much " The famous " He dies ...
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... admirable sketch , has sought with sincerity to " extenuate nought , nor set down aught in malice , " as a just biographer should . He gives no details about Shake- speare's marriage . We can add something from con- temporary documents ...
... admirable sketch , has sought with sincerity to " extenuate nought , nor set down aught in malice , " as a just biographer should . He gives no details about Shake- speare's marriage . We can add something from con- temporary documents ...
Contents
EARLY BIOGRAPHY AND ANECDOTE | 1 |
CRITICISM AND REPUTATION AMONG | 49 |
SOCIAL STANDING AND PERSONAL REP | 94 |
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