Shakspere and His PredecessorsC. Scribner's sons, 1988 - 555 pages |
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Page 142
... claim to a place among Shakspere's portrait - gallery of women . The other leading interest in the play lies in the quarrels between the nobles who surround the young king . In the opening scene the Duke of Gloster and the Bishop of ...
... claim to a place among Shakspere's portrait - gallery of women . The other leading interest in the play lies in the quarrels between the nobles who surround the young king . In the opening scene the Duke of Gloster and the Bishop of ...
Page 240
... claims of uncle and nephew . If John has an evil angel in his mother , so has Arthur , for the hysterical passion of ... claim , he seeks to buy off the hostility of Philip by surrendering all England's possessions in France to her ...
... claims of uncle and nephew . If John has an evil angel in his mother , so has Arthur , for the hysterical passion of ... claim , he seeks to buy off the hostility of Philip by surrendering all England's possessions in France to her ...
Page 247
... claim descent from the heroic Richard . He dis- dains a father who can only transmit a half - face ' like his brother's instead of his own large composition , ' even though it be derived ' something about , a little from the right ...
... claim descent from the heroic Richard . He dis- dains a father who can only transmit a half - face ' like his brother's instead of his own large composition , ' even though it be derived ' something about , a little from the right ...
Contents
THE EARLY RENAISSANCE DRAMA | 19 |
KYD LYLY and Peele | 62 |
ROBERT GREENE | 77 |
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