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... later in the sixteenth century , the second of whom , Elizabeth I , became one of the greatest of all English monarchs . That was later . The Wars of the Roses in the preceding century , 1 Holinshed , 800-1 . See also Hall , 507 . 2 See ...
... later in the sixteenth century , the second of whom , Elizabeth I , became one of the greatest of all English monarchs . That was later . The Wars of the Roses in the preceding century , 1 Holinshed , 800-1 . See also Hall , 507 . 2 See ...
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... later dramatized . 4 What also urged Henry on to dissolve his marriage to Katherine was his attraction to , or infatuation with , Anne Boleyn , one of 1 See Cavendish , 16–18 ; cf. Holinshed , 835 , 837 ; Hall , 583 . 2 Cited by Solt ...
... later dramatized . 4 What also urged Henry on to dissolve his marriage to Katherine was his attraction to , or infatuation with , Anne Boleyn , one of 1 See Cavendish , 16–18 ; cf. Holinshed , 835 , 837 ; Hall , 583 . 2 Cited by Solt ...
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... later in Henry's reign by the spoliation of the monasteries . Shake- speare's play does not go that far nor , as noted , is it much con- cerned with matters of clerical reform1 any more than with the international political strife that ...
... later in Henry's reign by the spoliation of the monasteries . Shake- speare's play does not go that far nor , as noted , is it much con- cerned with matters of clerical reform1 any more than with the international political strife that ...
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... later accomplishments — or his fate under Queen Mary . Ending his play as he did , Shakespeare left much to implica- tion and suggestion , avoiding the contentious issues that ignited during Henry's reign and continued burning in his ...
... later accomplishments — or his fate under Queen Mary . Ending his play as he did , Shakespeare left much to implica- tion and suggestion , avoiding the contentious issues that ignited during Henry's reign and continued burning in his ...
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... not doctrinal , which followed later . 2 See also Stuart M. Kurland , ' Henry VIII and James I : Shakespeare and Jacobean Polities ' , SSt 19 ( 1987 ) , 203–17 . directly adapts for his purposes is important ; what he II Introduction.
... not doctrinal , which followed later . 2 See also Stuart M. Kurland , ' Henry VIII and James I : Shakespeare and Jacobean Polities ' , SSt 19 ( 1987 ) , 203–17 . directly adapts for his purposes is important ; what he II Introduction.
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Page 165 - O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours ! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.
Page 139 - Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain tops that freeze, Bow themselves when he did sing ; To his music plants and flowers Ever sprung, as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring.
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