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  2. Sonnet 19 - Wikipedia

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    Sonnet 19 is one of 154 sonnets published by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare in 1609. It is considered by some to be the final sonnet of the initial procreation sequence . The sonnet addresses time directly, as it allows time its great power to destroy all things in nature, but the poem forbids time to erode the young man's ...

  3. Much Ado About Nothing - Wikipedia

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    John Gielgud as Benedick in a 1959 production. Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599. [1] The play was included in the First Folio, published in 1623.

  4. Wilt (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Wilt is a comedic novel by Tom Sharpe, first published by Secker and Warburg in 1976. Later editions were published by Pan Books, and Overlook TP.The novel was a bestseller. [1] [2] Its success led to the author writing several sequels.

  5. Thou - Wikipedia

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    will: thou wilt; A few others are not inflected: must: thou must; In Proto-English [clarification needed], the second-person singular verb inflection was -es. This came down unchanged [citation needed] from Indo-European and can be seen in quite distantly related Indo-European languages: Russian знаешь, znayesh, thou knowest; Latin amas ...

  6. Sonnet 135 - Wikipedia

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    Counting the contraction wilt as instance of the word will, this sonnet uses the word will a total of fourteen times. Stephen Booth notes "Sonnets 135 and 136 are festivals of verbal ingenuity in which much of the fun derives from the grotesque lengths the speaker goes to for a maximum number and concentration of puns on will ."

  7. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet - Wikipedia

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    Although it is one of the most famous quotes from the work of Shakespeare, no printing in Shakespeare's lifetime presents the text in the form known to modern readers: it is a skillful amalgam assembled by Edmond Malone, an editor in the eighteenth century. Romeo and Juliet was published twice, in two very different versions.

  8. Wilt - Wikipedia

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    Wilt may refer to: Wilting, the loss of rigidity of non-woody parts of plants; WILT, An acronym commonly used in instant messaging for 'What I'm Listening To' Wilt disease, which can refer to a number of different diseases in plants. wilt, an archaic verb form, see will and shall; In literature and film: Wilt, a novel by Tom Sharpe

  9. Sonnet 8 - Wikipedia

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    Sonnet 8 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.It is a procreation sonnet within the Fair Youth sequence. As with the other procreation sonnets, it urges a young man to settle down with a wife and to have children.