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... history , such as Pandulf , Hotspur , Macbeth ; ( ii ) Greek and Roman historical and legendary characters , such as Ulysses , Brutus , Cleopatra ; ( iii ) purely fictitious characters , such as Ariel , Malvolio , Othello ; ( iv ) per ...
... history , such as Pandulf , Hotspur , Macbeth ; ( ii ) Greek and Roman historical and legendary characters , such as Ulysses , Brutus , Cleopatra ; ( iii ) purely fictitious characters , such as Ariel , Malvolio , Othello ; ( iv ) per ...
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... Cowden Clarke and Mrs H. Furness to the plays and poems respectively . For the English historical plays : G. R. French's Shakespeareana Genealogica ( 1869 ) the Dictionary of National Biography ; and W. G. Boswell vi Preface.
... Cowden Clarke and Mrs H. Furness to the plays and poems respectively . For the English historical plays : G. R. French's Shakespeareana Genealogica ( 1869 ) the Dictionary of National Biography ; and W. G. Boswell vi Preface.
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... History of the Life of King Henry VIII The Life and Death of King John Julius Caesar A Lover's Complaint King Lear Love's Labour's Lost The Rape of Lucrece Macbeth Much Ado about Nothing Measure for Measure A Midsummer Night's Dream The ...
... History of the Life of King Henry VIII The Life and Death of King John Julius Caesar A Lover's Complaint King Lear Love's Labour's Lost The Rape of Lucrece Macbeth Much Ado about Nothing Measure for Measure A Midsummer Night's Dream The ...
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... History of Henry the Fift ( early , imperfect , form of Hen . V ) Canterbury Tales ( Chaucer ) daughter Duke , Duchess Danish ' Dares Phrygius , ' De Excidio Trojae Historia ( Bonn , 1837 ) ' Dictys Cretensis , ' De Bello Trojano ( Bonn ...
... History of Henry the Fift ( early , imperfect , form of Hen . V ) Canterbury Tales ( Chaucer ) daughter Duke , Duchess Danish ' Dares Phrygius , ' De Excidio Trojae Historia ( Bonn , 1837 ) ' Dictys Cretensis , ' De Bello Trojano ( Bonn ...
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... History of Travaille ; see SETEBOS . Dryden makes Al . ' Duke of Savoy . ' Alphonso , Don . A gentleman ; mtd . T.G.V. iv , 2 . Alps . European mountain range . ' Talking of the A. and Apennines ' ( John , i , 1 ) ; ' the frozen ridges ...
... History of Travaille ; see SETEBOS . Dryden makes Al . ' Duke of Savoy . ' Alphonso , Don . A gentleman ; mtd . T.G.V. iv , 2 . Alps . European mountain range . ' Talking of the A. and Apennines ' ( John , i , 1 ) ; ' the frozen ridges ...
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