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Page 93
... True , I talk of dreams ; Which are the children of an idle brain , Begot of nothing but vain fantasy , Which is as thin of substance as the air , And more inconstant than the wind , who woos Even now the frozen bosom of the north ...
... True , I talk of dreams ; Which are the children of an idle brain , Begot of nothing but vain fantasy , Which is as thin of substance as the air , And more inconstant than the wind , who woos Even now the frozen bosom of the north ...
Page 107
... true that in Henry IV the princely houses of Northumber- land and Lancaster are equally homely in their imagery , the one talking naturally in terms of wasps , ants and nettles , the other in those of bees , knives and knitting , yet ...
... true that in Henry IV the princely houses of Northumber- land and Lancaster are equally homely in their imagery , the one talking naturally in terms of wasps , ants and nettles , the other in those of bees , knives and knitting , yet ...
Page 128
... true rites and lawful ceremonies . Yet the simplicity of the English histories becomes austerity in this first essay in Roman history . Shakespeare seems to have written very carefully and with deliberate restraint , perhaps because he ...
... true rites and lawful ceremonies . Yet the simplicity of the English histories becomes austerity in this first essay in Roman history . Shakespeare seems to have written very carefully and with deliberate restraint , perhaps because he ...
Contents
Chapter Page | vii |
EARLY PLAYS AND POEMS | 53 |
SONNETS AND LYRICAL PLAYS | 74 |
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