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Perhaps wc are not to look for his beginnings , like those of other authors , among their least perfect writings ; art had so little , and nature so large a share in what he did , that , for aught I know , the performances of his youth ...
Perhaps wc are not to look for his beginnings , like those of other authors , among their least perfect writings ; art had so little , and nature so large a share in what he did , that , for aught I know , the performances of his youth ...
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His pleasurable wit and good - nature engaged him in the acquaintance , and entitled him to the friendship , of the gentlemen of the neighbourhood . Amongst them , it is a story , almost still remembered in that country , that he had a ...
His pleasurable wit and good - nature engaged him in the acquaintance , and entitled him to the friendship , of the gentlemen of the neighbourhood . Amongst them , it is a story , almost still remembered in that country , that he had a ...
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... there was hardly any play writ in that time , are all very entertaining : and , I believe , Thersites in Troilus and Cressida , and Apemantus in Timon , will be allowed to be master - pieces of ill - nature and satirical snarling .
... there was hardly any play writ in that time , are all very entertaining : and , I believe , Thersites in Troilus and Cressida , and Apemantus in Timon , will be allowed to be master - pieces of ill - nature and satirical snarling .
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... so : thou would'st make an absolute courtier ; and the firm fixture of thy foot would give an excellent motion to thy gait , in a semi - circled farthingale . I see what thou wert , if fortune thy foe were not ; nature is thy friend ...
... so : thou would'st make an absolute courtier ; and the firm fixture of thy foot would give an excellent motion to thy gait , in a semi - circled farthingale . I see what thou wert , if fortune thy foe were not ; nature is thy friend ...
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Vio . Who governs here ? Mar. Aye , but he'll have but a year in all Cap . A noble duke , in nature , , these ducats ; he's a very fool , and a prodigal . As in his name . Sir To . Fye , that you'll say so ! he plays o ' Vio .
Vio . Who governs here ? Mar. Aye , but he'll have but a year in all Cap . A noble duke , in nature , , these ducats ; he's a very fool , and a prodigal . As in his name . Sir To . Fye , that you'll say so ! he plays o ' Vio .
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| Title | The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed, Volume 1 The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Nicholas Rowe |
| Publisher | W. Borradaile, 1825 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 10 Feb 2006 |
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