The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 2Blackie, 1888 - Manuscripts, English |
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... probably till the end of time . The theory that they are merely imperfect copies of the two latter Parts of Henry VI . , as we have them in the Folio 1623 , is quite untenable . It seems beyond dis- pute that the Second Part of Henry VI ...
... probably till the end of time . The theory that they are merely imperfect copies of the two latter Parts of Henry VI . , as we have them in the Folio 1623 , is quite untenable . It seems beyond dis- pute that the Second Part of Henry VI ...
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... probably helped by Marlowe in altering them into the Second and Third Parts of Henry VI . She gives several resemblances of verbal expression and of thought , in both The Contention and The True Tragedy , to the acknowledged works of ...
... probably helped by Marlowe in altering them into the Second and Third Parts of Henry VI . She gives several resemblances of verbal expression and of thought , in both The Contention and The True Tragedy , to the acknowledged works of ...
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... any one of his contemporaries , was therefore written by him ; but that for faults in those plays he is in no way responsible . What is more just and reasonable , and probably nearer the truth 6 KING HENRY VI . - PART II .
... any one of his contemporaries , was therefore written by him ; but that for faults in those plays he is in no way responsible . What is more just and reasonable , and probably nearer the truth 6 KING HENRY VI . - PART II .
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... probably nearer the truth , is that Shakespeare did assist the authors of the older plays ; but that he was at the time an unknown man , and quite unprac- tised in his art . He therefore did not carry so much influence with him as did ...
... probably nearer the truth , is that Shakespeare did assist the authors of the older plays ; but that he was at the time an unknown man , and quite unprac- tised in his art . He therefore did not carry so much influence with him as did ...
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... probably because it was acted only two or three times . In this play , Betterton played the part of the Earl of Warwick ; Mrs. Lee that of Queen Margaret , and Mrs. Betterton that of Lady Grey . Genest gives the follow- ing account ...
... probably because it was acted only two or three times . In this play , Betterton played the part of the Earl of Warwick ; Mrs. Lee that of Queen Margaret , and Mrs. Betterton that of Lady Grey . Genest gives the follow- ing account ...
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Page 329 - And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon, And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound ; And maidens call it love-in-idleness.
Page 432 - Which, with such gentle sorrow he shook off, His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, That had not God, for some strong purpose, steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him.
Page 416 - No matter where. Of comfort no man speak: Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth; Let's choose executors and talk of wills : And yet not so — for what can we bequeath Save our deposed bodies to the ground? Our lands, our lives, and all are Bolingbroke's, And nothing can we call our own but death, And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones.
Page 50 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school; and, whereas before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used and, contrary to the King his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.