King LearCommercial Press, 1922 - 385 pages |
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William Shakespeare. Lives have been spent , and libraries have been written upon the plays of Shakespeare . Controversy has waged over the question of their authorship ; and critics have laboured to amend doubtful passages ; but , for ...
William Shakespeare. Lives have been spent , and libraries have been written upon the plays of Shakespeare . Controversy has waged over the question of their authorship ; and critics have laboured to amend doubtful passages ; but , for ...
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... plays with me , my associates in the work of education and Dr. Furness from the treasury of whose Variorum ... play published by Hakubunkwan , Tokyo , in 1917 . Peking , October 10 , 1921 . FRANK ALANSON LOMBARD . THE TEXT OF ...
... plays with me , my associates in the work of education and Dr. Furness from the treasury of whose Variorum ... play published by Hakubunkwan , Tokyo , in 1917 . Peking , October 10 , 1921 . FRANK ALANSON LOMBARD . THE TEXT OF ...
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... plays in particular . Pirated editions in quarto of many separate plays appeared during his life - time . These are now known as the early quartos . The first real edition of his works was not published until 1623 . This is known as ...
... plays in particular . Pirated editions in quarto of many separate plays appeared during his life - time . These are now known as the early quartos . The first real edition of his works was not published until 1623 . This is known as ...
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William Shakespeare. METRICAL CONSTRUCTION The plays of Shakespeare are in blank verse , except for occasional rhymed passages , songs , and short sections in prose . The norm of blank verse is a line of ten syllables with the even ...
William Shakespeare. METRICAL CONSTRUCTION The plays of Shakespeare are in blank verse , except for occasional rhymed passages , songs , and short sections in prose . The norm of blank verse is a line of ten syllables with the even ...
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... play in general more nearly as it was first acted ; but that the Folio gives more accurately the form to which it was reduced through revision by Shakespeare or by others connected with the theatre . The text in this Edition follows the ...
... play in general more nearly as it was first acted ; but that the Folio gives more accurately the form to which it was reduced through revision by Shakespeare or by others connected with the theatre . The text in this Edition follows the ...
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