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... [ Shakespeare's ] demeanour no lesse civill than he is exelent in the qualitie he professes , besides divers of worship have reported his uprightnes of dealing , which argues his honesty , and his facetious grace in writing , that ...
... [ Shakespeare's ] demeanour no lesse civill than he is exelent in the qualitie he professes , besides divers of worship have reported his uprightnes of dealing , which argues his honesty , and his facetious grace in writing , that ...
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... Shakespeare had never been back to Stratford- on - Avon . We do not know how his wife and his three children had fared while he had been away , but we know that poor John Shakespeare , his father , had been going from bad to worse . He ...
... Shakespeare had never been back to Stratford- on - Avon . We do not know how his wife and his three children had fared while he had been away , but we know that poor John Shakespeare , his father , had been going from bad to worse . He ...
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... Shakespeare's loveliest songs come in the three plays we have been talking about ; and though a large part of each play is written in prose , the poetry , when it comes , is of the finest . The years during which he was writing these ...
... Shakespeare's loveliest songs come in the three plays we have been talking about ; and though a large part of each play is written in prose , the poetry , when it comes , is of the finest . The years during which he was writing these ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE LAYS OF THE FIGHTINGMEN | 13 |
THE SINGERS OF THE CHURCH | 26 |
THE MONKS AND THEIR BOOKS | 32 |
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