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Twelfth Night by William ShakespeareOr What You Will
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This etext was prepared by Dianne Bean of Chino Valley, AZ. VENUS AND ADONIS by William Shakespeare ‘Villa miretur vulgus; mihi flavus Apollo Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua.’ TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE HENRY WRIOTHESLEY, EARL OF SOUHAMPTON, AND BARON OF TICHFIELD. RIGHT HONOURABLE, I know not how I shall offend in dedicating my unpolished lines
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On a ship at sea; a tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
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This Etext created by Tokuya Matsumoto TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE CHARLES AND MARY LAMB PREFACE The following Tales are meant to be submitted to the young reader as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare, for which purpose his words are used whenever it seemed possible to bring them in; and in whatever has been added
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Distributed Proofreaders A DISH OF ORTS BY GEORGE MACDONALD PREFACE. Since printing throughout the title _Orts_, a doubt has arisen in my mind as to its fitting the nature of the volume. It could hardly, however, be imagined that I associate the idea of _worthlessness_ with the work contained in it. No one would insult
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