Shakespeare, the Earl, and the JesuitThe name of the Jesuit Robert Southwell has now and then been linked with Shakespeare's, but vaguely and tentatively. The name of Henry Wriothesley, third earl of Southampton, has been perennially been linked with Shakespeare's, sometimes not vaguely and tentatively enough. This book offers reasons for believing in a relationship among the three men, who were "kinsmen" as their contemporaries understood the term. --From publisher's description. |
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Page 174
... true conversion : " be mindful of things passed . provident of things to come . .. repent " ( EF , 8 ; cf. " Repent what's past , avoid what is to come " [ 3.4.150 ] ) . And he re- minds the sinner that if repentance entails suffering ...
... true conversion : " be mindful of things passed . provident of things to come . .. repent " ( EF , 8 ; cf. " Repent what's past , avoid what is to come " [ 3.4.150 ] ) . And he re- minds the sinner that if repentance entails suffering ...
Page 197
... true thoughts ) , both Essex and Southampton protested that they had intended no bloodshed , had planned to seize ... true information of others . " Then " what would they have done had they taken over the Court ? " Essex was asked ...
... true thoughts ) , both Essex and Southampton protested that they had intended no bloodshed , had planned to seize ... true information of others . " Then " what would they have done had they taken over the Court ? " Essex was asked ...
Page 240
... true ; but there are already hints that it is not to be taken seriously . The Duke says that there are " Moe reasons for this action . " We are later to discover that they have not to do with civic reform , but with the reformation of ...
... true ; but there are already hints that it is not to be taken seriously . The Duke says that there are " Moe reasons for this action . " We are later to discover that they have not to do with civic reform , but with the reformation of ...
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