The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 15 |
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Mr. Theobald tells us that The Tempest must have been written after 1609 , because the Bermuda Islands , which are mentioned in it , were unknown to the English until that year ; but this is a mistake . He might have seen in Hackluyt ...
Mr. Theobald tells us that The Tempest must have been written after 1609 , because the Bermuda Islands , which are mentioned in it , were unknown to the English until that year ; but this is a mistake . He might have seen in Hackluyt ...
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... the vessel in which Sir George Somers and the other principal commanders had sailed , on one of the Bermuda islands . ... and wrecked on an enchanted and almost desert island , inhabited only by a savage , an aërial spirit , a young ...
... the vessel in which Sir George Somers and the other principal commanders had sailed , on one of the Bermuda islands . ... and wrecked on an enchanted and almost desert island , inhabited only by a savage , an aërial spirit , a young ...
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By the Divine mercy they arrived safely on a desert island , about twelve years before the commencement of the play . Miranda being at that time an infant , had no recollection of ever having seen a man . On this island , on which they ...
By the Divine mercy they arrived safely on a desert island , about twelve years before the commencement of the play . Miranda being at that time an infant , had no recollection of ever having seen a man . On this island , on which they ...
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Ferdinand , however , being preserved , is by Prospero's art brought to the same part of the island where he and Miranda reside ; and on seeing the lady falls at once in love with her . She is no less struck with him ; and after some ...
Ferdinand , however , being preserved , is by Prospero's art brought to the same part of the island where he and Miranda reside ; and on seeing the lady falls at once in love with her . She is no less struck with him ; and after some ...
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Undoubtedly Shakspeare was induced to place a magician in his desert island , by the accounts of the Bermudas , recently published before he wrote this play . This magician he has named Prospero ...
Undoubtedly Shakspeare was induced to place a magician in his desert island , by the accounts of the Bermudas , recently published before he wrote this play . This magician he has named Prospero ...
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