The Works of Shakespeare: CymbelineMethuen, 1903 |
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Page ix
... Roman , And Cydnus swell'd above her banks ; and again in IV . ii . 252 , 253 , we read : Thersites ' body is as good as Ajax ' , When neither are alive . There is little force in the inference that these passages imply a date close to ...
... Roman , And Cydnus swell'd above her banks ; and again in IV . ii . 252 , 253 , we read : Thersites ' body is as good as Ajax ' , When neither are alive . There is little force in the inference that these passages imply a date close to ...
Page xvi
... Roman plays and before Winter's Tale ; and the Iachimo part was doubtless then written . There is , however , strong internal evidence that the part derived from Holinshed , namely , the story of Cymbeline and his sons , the tribute ...
... Roman plays and before Winter's Tale ; and the Iachimo part was doubtless then written . There is , however , strong internal evidence that the part derived from Holinshed , namely , the story of Cymbeline and his sons , the tribute ...
Page xviii
... Romans were opposed by the late King's sons , Togodumnus and the renowned Caractacus . These are the sole authentic particulars relating to Cunobelin , beside the evidence derived from his coins . " From Holinshed the poet learnt that ...
... Romans were opposed by the late King's sons , Togodumnus and the renowned Caractacus . These are the sole authentic particulars relating to Cunobelin , beside the evidence derived from his coins . " From Holinshed the poet learnt that ...
Page xix
... Roman writers , according to Holinshed , declare that after Julius Cæsar's death , the Britons refused to pay the Roman tribute , " whereat Augustus was con- tented to wink . " At length , however , about the thirteenth year of ...
... Roman writers , according to Holinshed , declare that after Julius Cæsar's death , the Britons refused to pay the Roman tribute , " whereat Augustus was con- tented to wink . " At length , however , about the thirteenth year of ...
Page xx
... Roman envoy . • From a different part of the Chronicles - from the History of Scotland - Shakespeare derived ... Romans ' bane . The achievement , as related in the Chronicles , was that of a Scottish husbandman , named Haie , and was ...
... Roman envoy . • From a different part of the Chronicles - from the History of Scotland - Shakespeare derived ... Romans ' bane . The achievement , as related in the Chronicles , was that of a Scottish husbandman , named Haie , and was ...
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