Shakespeare

  • There dwelleth a fair lady, convinced that all that doth glitter be gold,And she doth seek a stairway to yon celestial abode.When she arrives at her destined place, she shall perceive,If all the shops be shuttered, with but a word, she can cleaveTo that which she hath long sought—O, and she doth purchase a stairway

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  • Enter ye kitchen, where pots do simmer and hearts do gladden! Let thine hands be steadfast, thy wit be sharp, and thy spoon be ever ready. Prepare thee now a feast most noble: Goulash, that hearty stew, fit for kings and weary travelers alike. Ingredients Method 1. In a cauldron deep and broad, place thine

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  • A Recipe Most Noble for a Tuna Salad Sandwich Hark, fair chef, and lend thine ear to this tale of victuals fine! Prepare thy table, and let us commence: Ingredients Method To ServeCut the sandwich in twain, triangles or squares, as thy fancy dictates. Present upon a platter, garnished with fruits or chips, and share

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  • Act I, Scene I Enter Chorus. Chorus:Hark! Attend, good people, to a tale most dire,Of conflagration fierce and lute’s sweet lyre.Beside fair Geneva’s tranquil lake it fell,A tragedy where smoke and water tell. Enter noble musicians: Lord Ritchie, Sir Ian, Sir Roger, and Sir Jon. Lord Ritchie:Upon the glassy shore we’d planned our art,A hall

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  • Shakespeare’s Hamnet

    Before you all start writing to me about the obvious error in the title, let me assure you it’s not an error, neither is it one of his plays. William Shakespeare had 3 children, 2 daughters Susanna and Judith  and one son called Hamnet. Susanna was born in May 1583, six months after the wedding of

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