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Samuel Johnson
“I love Samuel Johnson, and one reason is that he can write a sermon, a legal opinion, an advert—almost anything you want.”
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Henry Oliver
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Going into a corrupt nunnery, submitting to Angelo, possibly dying, or marrying the Duke. Shakespeare’s saying that this is the best we can hope for her.
“Going into a corrupt nunnery, submitting to Angelo, possibly dying, or marrying the Duke. Shakespeare’s saying that this is the best we can hope for her.”
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02 / evaluation
One of them is the execution of just judgment by which all must be measured. So, I think Shakespeare is taking up a theme that is current at court and which we know James is interested in: how to deal with religious tension, how to deal with sexual behavior south of the river.
“One of them is the execution of just judgment by which all must be measured. So, I think Shakespeare is taking up a theme that is current at court and which we know James is interested in: how to deal with religious tension, how to deal with sexual behavior south of the river.”
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03 / evaluation
I would get a small selection of the poetry because you’ll see just how vicious and sharp and wicked he can be and how much he enjoys berating prostitutes.
“I would get a small selection of the poetry because you’ll see just how vicious and sharp and wicked he can be and how much he enjoys berating prostitutes.”
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04 / evaluation
We don’t know how well advertising works, and we’re still impeded in that because of the laws about who you can and cannot target on the internet.
“We don’t know how well advertising works, and we’re still impeded in that because of the laws about who you can and cannot target on the internet.”
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- Henry Oliver
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05 / evaluation
Surprisingly, for such a liberal-minded person, he endorses Richardson and says Richardson is a good novelist to read to learn morals.
“Surprisingly, for such a liberal-minded person, he endorses Richardson and says Richardson is a good novelist to read to learn morals.”
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06 / evaluation
There’s a lot of other coinage imagery, and the relationship between the idea of stamping a coin as a metaphor for procreation, and the importance of demographics to sustaining the economy is, I think, quite well established.
“There’s a lot of other coinage imagery, and the relationship between the idea of stamping a coin as a metaphor for procreation, and the importance of demographics to sustaining the economy is, I think, quite well established.”
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- Henry Oliver
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