CymbelineMacmillan, 1913 - 192 pages |
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Page ix
... wager Shakespeare had no other immediate original than some form of Boccaccio's novella . Certain passages , however , suggest the possibility that he knew the version told by the Fishwife in Westward for Smelts , but as yet there is no ...
... wager Shakespeare had no other immediate original than some form of Boccaccio's novella . Certain passages , however , suggest the possibility that he knew the version told by the Fishwife in Westward for Smelts , but as yet there is no ...
Page x
... Wager . There were performances in 1720 and 1738 of Cymbeline , or The Fatal Wager , another adapta- tion , by Charles Marsh in 1755 , and one by William Haw- kins in 1759. This was produced at Covent Garden and published . In 1761 was ...
... Wager . There were performances in 1720 and 1738 of Cymbeline , or The Fatal Wager , another adapta- tion , by Charles Marsh in 1755 , and one by William Haw- kins in 1759. This was produced at Covent Garden and published . In 1761 was ...
Page xiii
... wager and chest incident , the potion , the vengeance of Belarius , the plotting of the Queen , the stu- pid acts of Cloten . The characters are all seen to have relations to Imogen , whose personality , with its chastity , truthfulness ...
... wager and chest incident , the potion , the vengeance of Belarius , the plotting of the Queen , the stu- pid acts of Cloten . The characters are all seen to have relations to Imogen , whose personality , with its chastity , truthfulness ...
Page 21
... wager 120 rather against your confidence than her reputa- tion ; and , to bar your offence herein too , I durst attempt it against any lady in the world . Post . You are a great deal abus'd in too bold a persuasion ; and I doubt not you ...
... wager 120 rather against your confidence than her reputa- tion ; and , to bar your offence herein too , I durst attempt it against any lady in the world . Post . You are a great deal abus'd in too bold a persuasion ; and I doubt not you ...
Page 23
... , lest the bargain should catch cold and starve . I will fetch my 180 gold and have our two wagers recorded . Post . Agreed . [ Exeunt Posthumus and Iachimo . ] French . Will this hold , think you ? Phi Sc . IV 23 Cymbeline.
... , lest the bargain should catch cold and starve . I will fetch my 180 gold and have our two wagers recorded . Post . Agreed . [ Exeunt Posthumus and Iachimo . ] French . Will this hold , think you ? Phi Sc . IV 23 Cymbeline.
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Arviragus Attendants Augustus Cæsar banish'd Belarius beseech blood Britain Britons brother Cadwal Cæsar call'd Cassibelan cave Cloten conj court Cymbeline's palace dead death do't doth Dowden Enter Cymbeline Enter Pisanio Enter Posthumus Exeunt Exit eyes false father fear fessor of English fool Gaol Gaoler garment Gent gentleman gods Guiderius hast hath hear heart heavens Holinshed honour Iach Iachimo is't Julius Cæsar Jupiter King lady leave Leonatus look lord Lud's madam master Milford-Haven mistress mother noble on't Ph.D Philario Philaster play poison'd Polydore Post pray princely prisoner Prithee Professor of Eng Professor of English Queen Re-enter ring Roman Rome SCENE Shakespeare shalt Sici speak stand sword ta'en tender thank thee there's thing thou art true turn'd villain wager What's WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON Wilt Winter's Tale
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