The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 1AMS Press, 1966 - Theater |
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Page 45
... word ! I think the best grace of wit will shortly turn into silence , and discourse grow commendable in none but par- rots . " He could hardly have found stronger words to press his indignation at those false pretences to wit then in ...
... word ! I think the best grace of wit will shortly turn into silence , and discourse grow commendable in none but par- rots . " He could hardly have found stronger words to press his indignation at those false pretences to wit then in ...
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... words , availed yourself of that unaptness as an excuse for your own conduct . The words being inverted and put out of their natural order , the editor of the second folio supposed that unaptness , being placed first , must be the ...
... words , availed yourself of that unaptness as an excuse for your own conduct . The words being inverted and put out of their natural order , the editor of the second folio supposed that unaptness , being placed first , must be the ...
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... words in the French language , the final e was always pronounced , as it still is , so as to make them dis- syllables . " We have not indeed so clear a proof of the ori- ginal pronunciation of the Saxon part of our language ; but we ...
... words in the French language , the final e was always pronounced , as it still is , so as to make them dis- syllables . " We have not indeed so clear a proof of the ori- ginal pronunciation of the Saxon part of our language ; but we ...
Contents
ROMEO AND JULIET | 12 |
AS YOU LIKE | 83 |
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | 121 |
Copyright | |
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