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... story of Hero and Leander was printed at London in 1651 and again in 1653 . P. 88 , 1. 29. Churchyard's notice of ... stories in the Gesta Romanorum , omits one in " Les Comptes du Monde adventureux , " Lyons , 1572. " De la folle ...
... story of Hero and Leander was printed at London in 1651 and again in 1653 . P. 88 , 1. 29. Churchyard's notice of ... stories in the Gesta Romanorum , omits one in " Les Comptes du Monde adventureux , " Lyons , 1572. " De la folle ...
Page xliv
... story . The earliest title may have been sub- sequently altered , like Lodge's " Rosalynde , " but this can best be determined by those who have seen both pamphlets . P. 182. 1. 15. Dele " MORTON . " P. 256. 1. 12. The following tract ...
... story . The earliest title may have been sub- sequently altered , like Lodge's " Rosalynde , " but this can best be determined by those who have seen both pamphlets . P. 182. 1. 15. Dele " MORTON . " P. 256. 1. 12. The following tract ...
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... story was current before that date . ELLIOT . I am almost ashamed to confess , that , excepting Pericles , I never read any of the seven plays imputed to Shakespeare . MORTON . I fancy you are only one out of a very large proportion of ...
... story was current before that date . ELLIOT . I am almost ashamed to confess , that , excepting Pericles , I never read any of the seven plays imputed to Shakespeare . MORTON . I fancy you are only one out of a very large proportion of ...
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... story still current , as may be seen in Whitaker's splendid history of that county . Dr. Farmer gives it to James Shirley , which is impossible , unless it were written before he was sixteen years old : Shirley was born in 1594 , and ...
... story still current , as may be seen in Whitaker's splendid history of that county . Dr. Farmer gives it to James Shirley , which is impossible , unless it were written before he was sixteen years old : Shirley was born in 1594 , and ...
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... story ? ELLIOT . Wiser men have been quite as foolish ; witness Sir Thomas Brown , one of the latest well educated believers in the existence and power of witches . BOURNE . It would be easy to collect thousands of instances of the same ...
... story ? ELLIOT . Wiser men have been quite as foolish ; witness Sir Thomas Brown , one of the latest well educated believers in the existence and power of witches . BOURNE . It would be easy to collect thousands of instances of the same ...
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