Shakspeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet, Criticisms on His Genius and Writings, a New Chronology of His Plays, a Disquisition on the Object of His Sonnets, and a History of the Manners, Customs, Amusements, Superstitions, Poetry, and Elegant Literature of His Age |
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... Winter's Tale ; on The Tempest - Dissertation on the General Belief of the Times in the Art of Magic , and on Shakspeare's Management of this Superstition as exhibited in The Tempest - Observations on Othello ; on Twelfth Night , and on ...
... Winter's Tale ; on The Tempest - Dissertation on the General Belief of the Times in the Art of Magic , and on Shakspeare's Management of this Superstition as exhibited in The Tempest - Observations on Othello ; on Twelfth Night , and on ...
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... Winter's Tale , the Clown exclaims , " Let me see : -Every ' leven wether - tods ; every tod yieldÉ› - pound and odd shilling : fifteen hundred shorn - What comes the wool to ? " Act IV . Scene 2 . Upon this passage Dr. Farmer remarks ...
... Winter's Tale , the Clown exclaims , " Let me see : -Every ' leven wether - tods ; every tod yieldÉ› - pound and odd shilling : fifteen hundred shorn - What comes the wool to ? " Act IV . Scene 2 . Upon this passage Dr. Farmer remarks ...
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... Winter's Tale . Mr. Chalmers , however , refuses his aid in the 22 SHAKSPEARE AND HIS TIMES .
... Winter's Tale . Mr. Chalmers , however , refuses his aid in the 22 SHAKSPEARE AND HIS TIMES .
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... Winter's Tale . " Thy title is affeer'd . " ( This is a law - term for confirmed . ) 66 Keep leets , and law - days , and in sessions sit . " " Why should calamity be full of words ? " Windy attorneys to their client woes . " But when ...
... Winter's Tale . " Thy title is affeer'd . " ( This is a law - term for confirmed . ) 66 Keep leets , and law - days , and in sessions sit . " " Why should calamity be full of words ? " Windy attorneys to their client woes . " But when ...
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... winter , and a summer parler , both faire : and under these roomes a faire and large cellar , sunke under ground and ... Winter's Tale , written about the year 1604 , or 1610 , designates the inferior orders of society by the term ...
... winter , and a summer parler , both faire : and under these roomes a faire and large cellar , sunke under ground and ... Winter's Tale , written about the year 1604 , or 1610 , designates the inferior orders of society by the term ...
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