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... piece , and it is believed that in writing " The Taming of the Shrew " he either co - labored with another dramatist to make a new version of the older play , or else that he augmented and embellished a new version of it which had ...
... piece , and it is believed that in writing " The Taming of the Shrew " he either co - labored with another dramatist to make a new version of the older play , or else that he augmented and embellished a new version of it which had ...
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... piece . contains Passages of felicitous fluency , phrases of delightful aptness , that crystalline lucidity of statement which is characteristic of Shakespeare , and a rich vein of Humor . The adverse opinion of Payne Collier is ...
... piece . contains Passages of felicitous fluency , phrases of delightful aptness , that crystalline lucidity of statement which is characteristic of Shakespeare , and a rich vein of Humor . The adverse opinion of Payne Collier is ...
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... piece , made and long used by Edwin Booth , who still frequently acts Petruchio , was published in 1878 , with a Preface and Notes by the writer of this sketch . Booth's version is in two acts , and it has been adopted by several other ...
... piece , made and long used by Edwin Booth , who still frequently acts Petruchio , was published in 1878 , with a Preface and Notes by the writer of this sketch . Booth's version is in two acts , and it has been adopted by several other ...
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... piece , by Christopher Bullock , hav- g the same title , was acted at the same time at Lincoln's Inn Fields heatre . Both these seem to have been well received . John Fletcher's Rule a Wife and have a Wife " ( 1640 ) is perhaps the most ...
... piece , by Christopher Bullock , hav- g the same title , was acted at the same time at Lincoln's Inn Fields heatre . Both these seem to have been well received . John Fletcher's Rule a Wife and have a Wife " ( 1640 ) is perhaps the most ...
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... piece , to present Curtis , a serving - man in the original , as an old woman ; and to allot tw or three words of speech to the servants who are named by Grumio , in his deprecatory speech to his master , in the arrival scene . It is ...
... piece , to present Curtis , a serving - man in the original , as an old woman ; and to allot tw or three words of speech to the servants who are named by Grumio , in his deprecatory speech to his master , in the arrival scene . It is ...
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acted apparel AUGUSTIN DALY Bian Bion BIONDELLO bride comedy comes curst Curt Curtis Daly's Theatre daughter doth dream duty Edwin Booth English peasants Enter GRUMIO Enter KATHARINE Enter PETRUCHIO entreat Exeunt Exit fair father fool Garrick gentleman gown hath hear heard hither honor horse HORTENSIO HUNTSMAN husband Induction Kath kiss Kitty Clive knock lady Licio look lord LUCENTIO and BIANCA lute Madam maid marry master mistress moon Nath ne'er never Padua PEDANT piece Pisa play players pray Re-enter ready right Vincentio scene servant Shakespeare Shakspere's Shrew Signior Baptista signior Gremio signior Lucentio Sirrah Slie stay suitor sweet Kate Taming tell thee Thomas Hardy thou canst thou hast thou liest Tranio unto Verona villain Warwickshire wench What's wife wilt win my love
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Page 75 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign ; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance : commits his body To painful labour, both by sea and land ; To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, While thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; And craves no other tribute at thy hands, But love, fair looks, and true obedience, — Too little payment for so great a debt.
Page 75 - While thou liest warm at home, secure and safe, And craves no other tribute at thy hands, But love, fair looks, and true obedience; Too little payment for so great a debt. Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such, a woman oweth to her husband...
Page 75 - I am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace, Or seek for rule, supremacy and sway, When they are bound to serve, love and obey.
Page 50 - I will be master of what is mine own : She is my goods, my chattels ; she is my house, My household stuff, my field, my barn, My horse, my ox, my ass, my any thing...