VolponeAl Manhal, 1. 1. 2001 - Počet stran: 151 Bitter, satiric comedy in blank verse is one of the great Elizabethan dramatist’s finest plays. The plot concerns a wealthy, lecherous old man who feigns a mortal illness in order to solicit bribes from greedy acquaintances who hope to inherit his fortune. Many complexities of plot and connivance ensue, but in the end, the guilty parties are exposed and punished. Explanatory footnotes. Descriptor(s): LITERARY FORMS | ENGLISH DRAMA | LITERARY STYLE | LITERARY CRITICISM | UNITED KINGDOM |
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... wife, no parent, child. ally. To give my substance to ; but whom I make Must be my heir : and this makes men observe me. This draws new cilents, daily, to my house, Women and men of every sex and age, That bring - 8 -
... wife, no parent, child. ally. To give my substance to ; but whom I make Must be my heir : and this makes men observe me. This draws new cilents, daily, to my house, Women and men of every sex and age, That bring - 8 -
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... , Which was, two months since, no feature; And though he dares give them five lives to mend it, 'Tis known, five weeks fully penn'd it, From his own hand, without a co-adjutor, Novince, journey-man, or - 17- VOLPONE; OR, THE FOX ...
... , Which was, two months since, no feature; And though he dares give them five lives to mend it, 'Tis known, five weeks fully penn'd it, From his own hand, without a co-adjutor, Novince, journey-man, or - 17- VOLPONE; OR, THE FOX ...
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... give you as a token Of his play's worth, no eggs are broken, Nor quaking custards with fierce teeth affrighted Wherewith your rout are so delighted; nor hales he in a gull, old ends reciting, To stop gaps in his loose writing; With such ...
... give you as a token Of his play's worth, no eggs are broken, Nor quaking custards with fierce teeth affrighted Wherewith your rout are so delighted; nor hales he in a gull, old ends reciting, To stop gaps in his loose writing; With such ...
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