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... DESDEMONA . 95 VIOLA 124 OPHELIA 140 MIRANDA CHARACTERS OF THE AFFECTIONS . 180 198 IMOGEN CORDELIA PAGE I 638 78 87 147 153 170 210 233 HISTORICAL CHARACTERS . CLEOPATRA 252 • BLANCHE OF CASTILE 327 OCTAVIA 286 MARGARET OF ANJOU 332 ...
... DESDEMONA . 95 VIOLA 124 OPHELIA 140 MIRANDA CHARACTERS OF THE AFFECTIONS . 180 198 IMOGEN CORDELIA PAGE I 638 78 87 147 153 170 210 233 HISTORICAL CHARACTERS . CLEOPATRA 252 • BLANCHE OF CASTILE 327 OCTAVIA 286 MARGARET OF ANJOU 332 ...
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... Desdemona ? Had the colours in which he has arrayed Desdemona been one atom less transparently bright and pure , the charm had been lost ; she could not have borne the approximation : some shadow from the over- powering blackness of his ...
... Desdemona ? Had the colours in which he has arrayed Desdemona been one atom less transparently bright and pure , the charm had been lost ; she could not have borne the approximation : some shadow from the over- powering blackness of his ...
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... Desdemona ; Diana Vernon is ( comparatively ) a failure , as every woman will allow ; while the masculine Lady Geraldine , in Miss Edgeworth's tale of " Ennui , " and the intellectual Corinne , are consistent , essential women : the ...
... Desdemona ; Diana Vernon is ( comparatively ) a failure , as every woman will allow ; while the masculine Lady Geraldine , in Miss Edgeworth's tale of " Ennui , " and the intellectual Corinne , are consistent , essential women : the ...
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... Desdemona and Ophelia would have passed their lives in the seclusion of a nunnery without wishing , like Isabella , for stricter bonds , or planning , like St. Theresa , the reformation of their order , simply because any restraint ...
... Desdemona and Ophelia would have passed their lives in the seclusion of a nunnery without wishing , like Isabella , for stricter bonds , or planning , like St. Theresa , the reformation of their order , simply because any restraint ...
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... . Both these traits of national character are exemplified in Juliet . - Moore's Life of Byron , vol . ii . pp . 303 , 338 , 4to edit . H Thus she and her lover are in contrast with all JULIET . 97 HERMIONE DESDEMONA VIOLA.
... . Both these traits of national character are exemplified in Juliet . - Moore's Life of Byron , vol . ii . pp . 303 , 338 , 4to edit . H Thus she and her lover are in contrast with all JULIET . 97 HERMIONE DESDEMONA VIOLA.
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