The Bubble Reputation, or Shakespeare Lives!IGNA Books, 2006 - 302 sider William Shakespeare comes through a time warp into modern times and has a hell of time getting his new play put on. His new play, The Third Part of Henry the IV, is included as an appendix. |
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Side 5
... What had happened to my secret room that it should be so filthy? The small, lumpy bed where I sometimes took a nap between bouts at the quill was covered with dirt, too. The air smelled strange—thick and weighted, as if it hadn't moved ...
... What had happened to my secret room that it should be so filthy? The small, lumpy bed where I sometimes took a nap between bouts at the quill was covered with dirt, too. The air smelled strange—thick and weighted, as if it hadn't moved ...
Side 10
... What's this ? ” the woman's voice said . “ Look , the plaster has cracked over here ! Those damn movers are going to ... What the hell are you doing in here ? ” “ I was engaged in the writing of my new play and must have nodded . A very ...
... What's this ? ” the woman's voice said . “ Look , the plaster has cracked over here ! Those damn movers are going to ... What the hell are you doing in here ? ” “ I was engaged in the writing of my new play and must have nodded . A very ...
Side 11
... What's this place ? ” I said . “ Where have I been transported ? ” “ Truth or Consequences , New Mexico where do you think ! ” the other man answered . He was tall and debonair , with furrows in his brow and small , unflinching viper ...
... What's this place ? ” I said . “ Where have I been transported ? ” “ Truth or Consequences , New Mexico where do you think ! ” the other man answered . He was tall and debonair , with furrows in his brow and small , unflinching viper ...
Side 13
... What a coup ! " said . “ Fie , sir , fie ! Burbage shall not accrue all the profits on this one ! ” I “ What's the name of this play ? ” the woman asked , trying to trick me , I could tell . “ The Third Part of Henry IV " “ Have you ...
... What a coup ! " said . “ Fie , sir , fie ! Burbage shall not accrue all the profits on this one ! ” I “ What's the name of this play ? ” the woman asked , trying to trick me , I could tell . “ The Third Part of Henry IV " “ Have you ...
Side 14
... What mean you ? ” She looked down at my hands covering my privates and snorted . “ I can see , like most ... what's your game ? ” the florid , plump gentleman said . “ Game ? ” “ You thought you could sell us that forged play ...
... What mean you ? ” She looked down at my hands covering my privates and snorted . “ I can see , like most ... what's your game ? ” the florid , plump gentleman said . “ Game ? ” “ You thought you could sell us that forged play ...
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Side 28 - Desiring this man's art and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, and then my state, Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate; For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
Side 140 - Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth.
Side 80 - ... entirely there that we miss nothing; it is as if existence had decided to measure itself by a new standard. And the secret of that standard is shared with us. Shakespeare, who denies his reader nothing, denies him least of all the excitement of feeling that he is where things are simply and finally alive. Only a remarkable artist could have done this, and only a remarkable man — a man, moreover, in whom the balance was well-nigh perfect between understanding and observation, between intellect...
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Side 79 - Poetics" of Aristotle will explain him more readily than the unique literature of his age will explain him.
Side 79 - ... age that produced him. That he was an individual I have no doubt, but he exists for me wholly in the work he did, and I often fail to recognize him in pictures painted of his time. He had too much poetry, and— the same thing f"or him— too much sense, to be the slave of fashions in human being. He is typical of any world that can be understood, and he is the kind of story-teller who can be judged by the most general standards we have.