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... asked : Ubi nunc fidelis ossa Fabricii manent , quid Brutus aut rigidus Cato ? Where now lie the bones of the faithful Fabricius , What now is Brutus or upright Cato ? King Alfred , in his rendering , substitutes for the remote ...
... asked : Ubi nunc fidelis ossa Fabricii manent , quid Brutus aut rigidus Cato ? Where now lie the bones of the faithful Fabricius , What now is Brutus or upright Cato ? King Alfred , in his rendering , substitutes for the remote ...
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... my device . Sweet royalty , bestow on me the sense of hearing . " And when he is mock- ingly asked to strip for combat , he excuses himself with the unex- pected and quietly genuine remark : " The naked truth 252 SHAKESPEARE.
... my device . Sweet royalty , bestow on me the sense of hearing . " And when he is mock- ingly asked to strip for combat , he excuses himself with the unex- pected and quietly genuine remark : " The naked truth 252 SHAKESPEARE.
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... asked by his company for a comedy , he could produce only this kind of “ bitter comedy , " is a view which was once popular , but more recent critics have refused to see these plays as hybrids produced by the working of a tragic ...
... asked by his company for a comedy , he could produce only this kind of “ bitter comedy , " is a view which was once popular , but more recent critics have refused to see these plays as hybrids produced by the working of a tragic ...
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