Shakspere and His PredecessorsC. Scribner's sons, 1988 - 555 pages |
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Page 177
... father's pledge for this magnificent dowry . Once more the ready - witted factotum is equal to the emergency . He waylays a ' Pedant ' — another type taken direct from Italian comedy - who has just arrived from Mantua , and assures him ...
... father's pledge for this magnificent dowry . Once more the ready - witted factotum is equal to the emergency . He waylays a ' Pedant ' — another type taken direct from Italian comedy - who has just arrived from Mantua , and assures him ...
Page 272
... father , and places the crown upon his own head . The incident was found by Shakspere in Holinshed , and he could not well pass it over , but it scarcely heightens our conception of Henry . The haste with which he seizes on the symbol ...
... father , and places the crown upon his own head . The incident was found by Shakspere in Holinshed , and he could not well pass it over , but it scarcely heightens our conception of Henry . The haste with which he seizes on the symbol ...
Page 446
... father has been led to cast off a devoted child , and to advance one whose love is mere pretence . But , as usual , Shakspere has avoided monotony by a skilful variation in details . An elder son replaces a younger daughter as the good ...
... father has been led to cast off a devoted child , and to advance one whose love is mere pretence . But , as usual , Shakspere has avoided monotony by a skilful variation in details . An elder son replaces a younger daughter as the good ...
Contents
THE EARLY RENAISSANCE DRAMA | 19 |
KYD LYLY and Peele | 62 |
ROBERT GREENE | 77 |
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