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... acts as a guarantee of intelligence . And the epigrammatic quality which is the essence of Chaucer's style is given even more dramatic point by the character developed into Pandarus , a man who tends to favour wise saws and modern ...
... acts as a guarantee of intelligence . And the epigrammatic quality which is the essence of Chaucer's style is given even more dramatic point by the character developed into Pandarus , a man who tends to favour wise saws and modern ...
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... Act 1 , the guilt - ridden murderer of Acts II and III , and the reckless tyrant of acts IV and v . His utterance , too , is most remarkable . The firstlings of his heart are certainly those of his imagination , and speech also . He no ...
... Act 1 , the guilt - ridden murderer of Acts II and III , and the reckless tyrant of acts IV and v . His utterance , too , is most remarkable . The firstlings of his heart are certainly those of his imagination , and speech also . He no ...
Page 117
... acts lives up to the charm attributed to her by Enobarbus . There is , in other words , a gap between Enobarbus's ... Act v . It is in this last act that Cleopatra reaches her greatest heights ; here she certainly fulfils all prior ...
... acts lives up to the charm attributed to her by Enobarbus . There is , in other words , a gap between Enobarbus's ... Act v . It is in this last act that Cleopatra reaches her greatest heights ; here she certainly fulfils all prior ...
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Piers Plowman through Modern Eyes I | 1 |
Experimentalist Extraordinary | 30 |
Elizabethan Poetry | 69 |
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