Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-night's DreamHarper, 1883 - 195 pages |
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... , his Richard the 2. , Richard the 3. , Hen- ry the 4. , King John , Titus Andronicus , and his Romeo and Juliet . " written some years before that date , perhaps as early INTRODUCTION TO A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM THE HISTORY OF THE PLAY.
... , his Richard the 2. , Richard the 3. , Hen- ry the 4. , King John , Titus Andronicus , and his Romeo and Juliet . " written some years before that date , perhaps as early INTRODUCTION TO A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM THE HISTORY OF THE PLAY.
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William Shakespeare William James Rolfe. written some years before that date , perhaps as early as 1594 . Possibly in ii . 1. 88-117 there is an allusion to the unseason- able weather of that summer , which is thus described in the MS ...
William Shakespeare William James Rolfe. written some years before that date , perhaps as early as 1594 . Possibly in ii . 1. 88-117 there is an allusion to the unseason- able weather of that summer , which is thus described in the MS ...
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... great nobleman told me this last wet sommer , the weather was too colde for poets . " Shakespeare did not find it so , if he wrote this play at that time . print of the other , perhaps for the use of INTRODUCTION . I I.
... great nobleman told me this last wet sommer , the weather was too colde for poets . " Shakespeare did not find it so , if he wrote this play at that time . print of the other , perhaps for the use of INTRODUCTION . I I.
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William Shakespeare William James Rolfe. print of the other , perhaps for the use of the players . It was the edition followed when the play was reprinted in the folio of 1623 , some of its obvious misprints being copied there . The ...
William Shakespeare William James Rolfe. print of the other , perhaps for the use of the players . It was the edition followed when the play was reprinted in the folio of 1623 , some of its obvious misprints being copied there . The ...
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... perhaps in no part of his works has he exhibited a more creative and vis- ionary pencil , or a finer tone of enthusiasm , than in bodying forth these " airy nothings , " and in giving them , in brighter and ever - durable tints , once ...
... perhaps in no part of his works has he exhibited a more creative and vis- ionary pencil , or a finer tone of enthusiasm , than in bodying forth these " airy nothings , " and in giving them , in brighter and ever - durable tints , once ...
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