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... original intention of the artist's hand which began to draw and relaxed its hold of the brush before the first lines were fairly traced . And in the last , the worst and weakest scene of all , in which York pleads with Bolingbroke for ...
... original intention of the artist's hand which began to draw and relaxed its hold of the brush before the first lines were fairly traced . And in the last , the worst and weakest scene of all , in which York pleads with Bolingbroke for ...
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... original First Part of King Henry VI . we cannot determine , though the absence of rhyme might seem to indicate a later date for the recast of the Contention . But it is noticeable that the style of Marlowe appears more vividly and ...
... original First Part of King Henry VI . we cannot determine , though the absence of rhyme might seem to indicate a later date for the recast of the Contention . But it is noticeable that the style of Marlowe appears more vividly and ...
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... original form , and in all those following which treat of Cade's insur- rection , there is evidence of such qualities as can hardly be ascribed to any hand then known but Shakespeare's . The forcible realism , the simple vigour and ...
... original form , and in all those following which treat of Cade's insur- rection , there is evidence of such qualities as can hardly be ascribed to any hand then known but Shakespeare's . The forcible realism , the simple vigour and ...
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... start a theory that a revision was made of his original work by Marlowe after additions had been made to it by Shakespeare ; too extravagant for the of o paint pulace ed , the agjist rabble and 54 A Study of Shakespeare .
... start a theory that a revision was made of his original work by Marlowe after additions had been made to it by Shakespeare ; too extravagant for the of o paint pulace ed , the agjist rabble and 54 A Study of Shakespeare .
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... original work of Marlowe and others ; for that this original was the work of more hands than one , and hands of notably unequal power , we have again the united witness of traditional and internal . evidence to warrant our belief : and ...
... original work of Marlowe and others ; for that this original was the work of more hands than one , and hands of notably unequal power , we have again the united witness of traditional and internal . evidence to warrant our belief : and ...
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