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... speak he expresses his inner torment in the fol- lowing soliloquy : Speak , am I what I was ? What art thou that dost creep into my breast , And dar'st not see my face ? shew forth thy 32 THE PATTERN OF TRAGICOMEDY.
... speak he expresses his inner torment in the fol- lowing soliloquy : Speak , am I what I was ? What art thou that dost creep into my breast , And dar'st not see my face ? shew forth thy 32 THE PATTERN OF TRAGICOMEDY.
Page 81
... speak like the characters of a romance , although Shakespeare replaces the involved euphuistic speeches of his source with witty dialogue which is just as artificial but more appropriate to the stage . In the Forest of Arden a typically ...
... speak like the characters of a romance , although Shakespeare replaces the involved euphuistic speeches of his source with witty dialogue which is just as artificial but more appropriate to the stage . In the Forest of Arden a typically ...
Page 105
... speak a word or two of Wit , it is the spirit and quintessence of speech , extracted out of the substance of the thing we speak of , having nothing of the superfice , or dross of words , as clenches , quibbles , gingles , and such like ...
... speak a word or two of Wit , it is the spirit and quintessence of speech , extracted out of the substance of the thing we speak of , having nothing of the superfice , or dross of words , as clenches , quibbles , gingles , and such like ...
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