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... speech , it was not a mere bravery -- Shakespeare showing off his powers as in the Queen Mab speech in Romeo and Juliet or Berowne's speech in Love's Labour's Lost . Nor was it only an orchestral setting for Cleopatra . It is , in ...
... speech , it was not a mere bravery -- Shakespeare showing off his powers as in the Queen Mab speech in Romeo and Juliet or Berowne's speech in Love's Labour's Lost . Nor was it only an orchestral setting for Cleopatra . It is , in ...
Page 152
... speech ; but the printer misunderstood his copy and printed both the old and new ending . It follows that every play must be carefully examined by itself to see whether there are any signs of its history . In general the history of a ...
... speech ; but the printer misunderstood his copy and printed both the old and new ending . It follows that every play must be carefully examined by itself to see whether there are any signs of its history . In general the history of a ...
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... speech . Shakespeare sometimes began a blank - verse speech with a half - line . This irritates editors , who shift the lines up to make them look better , until they come to some line which cannot be moved . Then they leave it as a ...
... speech . Shakespeare sometimes began a blank - verse speech with a half - line . This irritates editors , who shift the lines up to make them look better , until they come to some line which cannot be moved . Then they leave it as a ...
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
MATERIALS FOR THE LIFE | 24 |
SHAKESPEARES COMPANY | 70 |
Copyright | |
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