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... Richard . I think this must mean that they were really added in the interval , 1. Because they are parts which ... Richard II . itself . The subject of Richard III . was likely to have occurred first , as being more attractive ; but ...
... Richard . I think this must mean that they were really added in the interval , 1. Because they are parts which ... Richard II . itself . The subject of Richard III . was likely to have occurred first , as being more attractive ; but ...
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... Richard II . leaves general impressions , tending to give a duller character of the whole than it deserves . Richard III . the contrary . The long speeches , of which that of Gaunt has a good deal of merit , predominate in our ...
... Richard II . leaves general impressions , tending to give a duller character of the whole than it deserves . Richard III . the contrary . The long speeches , of which that of Gaunt has a good deal of merit , predominate in our ...
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... Richard : and the ghosts , after all , have nothing to do with Richmond . There is no extraneous , distinct comic , any more than in Richard II .; but the serious itself , from the nature of Richard the Third's character , often affords ...
... Richard : and the ghosts , after all , have nothing to do with Richmond . There is no extraneous , distinct comic , any more than in Richard II .; but the serious itself , from the nature of Richard the Third's character , often affords ...
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