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Brewer's: Twelfth Night
(Shakespeare). The serious plot is taken from Belleforest's Histories Tragiques. The comic parts are of Shakespeare's own invention. (See Befana.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…Brewer's: Twelfth
(The), the 12th of August. The first day of grouse-shooting. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Twelfth CakeTweedledum and Tweedledee A B C D E F G H I…Brewer's: Vanity Fair
A fair established by Beelzebub, Apollyon, and Legion, for the sale of all sorts of vanities. It was held in the town of Vanity, and lasted all the year round. Here were sold houses, lands…Brewer's: Romeo and Juliet
(Shakespeare). The story is taken from a poetical version by Arthur Brooke of Boisteau's novel, called Rhomeo and Julietta. Boisteau borrowed the main incidents from a story by Luigi da…Brewer's: Romeo
(A). A devoted lover; a lady's man; from Romeo in Shakespeare's tragedy. (See Romeo and Juliet.) James in an evil hour went forth to woo Young Juliet Hart, and was her Romeo. Crabbe:…Brewer's: Macbeth
(Shakespeare). The story is taken from Holinshed, who copied it from the History of Scotland, by Hector Boece or Boyce, in seventeen volumes (1527). The history, written in Latin, was…Brewer's: Winter's Tale
(Shakespeare). Taken from the Pleasant History of Dorastus and Fawnia by Robert Green. Dorastus is called by Shakespeare Florizel and Doricles, and…Brewer's: Measure
Out of all measure. “Outre mesure.” Beyond all reasonable degree, “Præter (or supra) modum.” “Thus out of measure sad.” —Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing, i. 3. To take the measure of…Brewer's: Pericles
Prince of Tyre (Shakespeare). The story is from the Gesta Romanorum, where Pericles, is called “Apollonius, King of Tyre.” The story is also related by Gower in his Confessio Amantis (bk.…Brewer's: Merchant of Venice
A drama by Shakespeare. A similar story occurs in the Gesta Romanorum. The tale of the bond is chapter xlviii., and that of the caskets is chapter xcix. Shakespeare, without doubt, is also…Trending
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