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VIRGINIBUS PUERISOUE."
With the single exception of Falstaff, all
Shakespeare's characters are what we call
marrying men. Mercutio, as he was own cousin
to Benedick and Biron, would have come to the
same end in the long run. Even lago had a
wafe, and, what is far stranger, he was jealous.
People like Jacques and the Fool in Lcai\
although we can hardly imagine they would
ever marry, kept single out of a cynical humour
or for a broken heart, and not, as we do nowa-
days, from a spirit of incredulity and preference
for the single state. For that matter, if you
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With the single exception of Falstaff, all
Shakespeare's characters are what we call
marrying men. Mercutio, as he was own cousin
to Benedick and Biron, would have come to the
same end in the long run. Even lago had a
wafe, and, what is far stranger, he was jealous.
People like Jacques and the Fool in Lcai\
although we can hardly imagine they would
ever marry, kept single out of a cynical humour
or for a broken heart, and not, as we do nowa-
days, from a spirit of incredulity and preference
for the single state. For that matter, if you
B
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Early editions of Robert Louis Stevenson > Non-Fiction > Books > Virginibus Puerisque, and other papers > (15) [Page 1] |
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1881 [Date published] |
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England >
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London
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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 [Author] C. Kegan Paul & Co. [Publisher] |
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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 [Author] |
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