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Page 30
... Duke's final speech was clearly felt to be insufficiently decisive , and all editions except 1784 add a newly written conclusion . Kemble omitted the Duke's first tentative proposal to Isabella at 5.1.493-6 and the last eight lines of ...
... Duke's final speech was clearly felt to be insufficiently decisive , and all editions except 1784 add a newly written conclusion . Kemble omitted the Duke's first tentative proposal to Isabella at 5.1.493-6 and the last eight lines of ...
Page 55
... Duke remains a collection of attributes which fail to coalesce . One aspect of the Duke's character can perhaps be defended against recent criticism . He has been rebuked for being excess- ively sensitive to spiteful gossip , but his ...
... Duke remains a collection of attributes which fail to coalesce . One aspect of the Duke's character can perhaps be defended against recent criticism . He has been rebuked for being excess- ively sensitive to spiteful gossip , but his ...
Page 168
... Duke's dis- guise ( if this was so , his exposure of the Duke at 5.1.352-6 would fall completely flat ) ; he despises the Duke for leaving Vienna incognito , in a way quite un- worthy of his high birth 360 370 358 dukes it plays the ...
... Duke's dis- guise ( if this was so , his exposure of the Duke at 5.1.352-6 would fall completely flat ) ; he despises the Duke for leaving Vienna incognito , in a way quite un- worthy of his high birth 360 370 358 dukes it plays the ...
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