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... passage : — TWELFTH NIGHT . Act 2 . Scene 5 . In my stars I am above thee ; But be not afraid of greatness , etc. In this passage Malvolio is only reading the letter dropped for him by Maria . As to the current belief in Astrology we ...
... passage : — TWELFTH NIGHT . Act 2 . Scene 5 . In my stars I am above thee ; But be not afraid of greatness , etc. In this passage Malvolio is only reading the letter dropped for him by Maria . As to the current belief in Astrology we ...
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... passages . The following passage it would be difficult to sur- pass in the whole range of our literature . MERCHANT OF VENICE . Act 5. Scene I. How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit , and let the sounds of ...
... passages . The following passage it would be difficult to sur- pass in the whole range of our literature . MERCHANT OF VENICE . Act 5. Scene I. How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit , and let the sounds of ...
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... passage which is even more definite : - I HENRY VI . Act 3. Scene 2 . Now shine it like a comet of revenge , A prophet to the fall of all our foes ! In the following passage we have a more general and clear allusion to the results which ...
... passage which is even more definite : - I HENRY VI . Act 3. Scene 2 . Now shine it like a comet of revenge , A prophet to the fall of all our foes ! In the following passage we have a more general and clear allusion to the results which ...
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ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA appearance Astrology Astronomy in Shakespeare axis beams beautiful believe bright called cause celestial centre Century charm clouds Comets constellation Copernican Copernicus course crystal CYMBELINE dark Dickens distance doth double stars east eclipse falling fire firmament Fixed Stars globe golden HAMLET hath heaven heavenly bodies Helena Hell HENRY ideas KING JOHN KING LEAR KING RICHARD light Mars MEMORIAM meteor MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM miles Milton mind modern astronomy moon morning motion moving Neptune never night o'er PALACE OF ART Paradise Lost passage Phoebus planetary influence planets poem poet poetic poetry Pole Star Ptolemaic system references revolving round rising ROMEO AND JULIET round the earth Satan Saturn says Scene seen Shakespeare's plays shine shooting star SONNET sphere starry sun and moon sun's telescope TEMPEST TENNYSON thee thou thro TIMON OF ATHENS TITUS ANDRONICUS Venus wonder zodiac