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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

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��The Tempest. [Verona. The Two Gentlemen of The Merry Wives of Wind- Measure for Measure, [sor. The Comedy of Errors. Much Ado about Nothing. Love's Labour 's Lost. AMidsumme r-N i g h t's

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The Life and Death of King

Richard II [Henry IV. The First Part of King The Second Part of King

Henry IV.

The Life of King Henry V. The First Part of King

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The Rape of Lucrece.

Sonnets.

A Lover's Complaint.

The Passionate Pilgrim.

The Phoenix & the Turtle.

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