Tag: William Shakespeare
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The Lambs’ Tale
JMS Pearce Hull, England Fig 1. Tales from Shakespear, 1st ed., 1807. Charles Lamb Society. Many children and young people struggle with the plays of Shakespeare, whose language, poetic meters, and historical content are often baffling at first sight. Those who persevere and overcome these difficulties learn to love and wonder at Shakespeare’s unsurpassed…
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Gouty quotes
JMS Pearce Hull, England Fig. 1 A decrepit man screaming in pain from gout, rheumatism and catarrh; represented as three tormenting devils. Coloured etching by J. Cawse, 1809, after G.M. Woodward. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) The recent reproduction of G. Cruikshank’s A self-indulgent man afflicted with gout by a demon burning…
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Just like that
Kanani Titchen Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Timekeeper by Vesna Jovanovic Ay, but to die, and go we know not where, To lie in cold obstruction and to rot, This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod . . . William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure Claudio: Act III, Sc. i “Happy New Year!”…