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... hero , Hercules , or Alcides , son of Jupiter and Alcmena . He is to him the incar- nation of bravery and strength . From first to last his exploits seem to have hovered before Shakespeare , if not always in accurate recollection . Thus ...
... hero , Hercules , or Alcides , son of Jupiter and Alcmena . He is to him the incar- nation of bravery and strength . From first to last his exploits seem to have hovered before Shakespeare , if not always in accurate recollection . Thus ...
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... hero and his page : If Hercules and Lichas play at dice Which is the better man , the greater throw May turn by fortune from the weaker hand : So is Alcides beaten by his page . In more tragic mood Antony , infuriated by Cleopatra's be ...
... hero and his page : If Hercules and Lichas play at dice Which is the better man , the greater throw May turn by fortune from the weaker hand : So is Alcides beaten by his page . In more tragic mood Antony , infuriated by Cleopatra's be ...
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foolish chroniclers of that age found it was - Hero of Sestos ' . Yet in the same play he quotes from Marlowe's Hero and Leander the line , ' Who ever loved that loved not at first sight ? ' , and the dramatist of Romeo and Juliet must ...
foolish chroniclers of that age found it was - Hero of Sestos ' . Yet in the same play he quotes from Marlowe's Hero and Leander the line , ' Who ever loved that loved not at first sight ? ' , and the dramatist of Romeo and Juliet must ...
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