Elson Grammar School Literature, Book Four.

VENICE, ACT

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in the mighti

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ws the force of

te to awe a

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tribute of

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ourse of justi

vation; we do

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TO S

ndon, where he became connected with theaters, first, tradition says, by holding horses at the doors. The next twenty years he spent in London as an actor, and in writing poems and plays, later becoming a shareholder as well as an actor. The last ten yea

d as a lawyer, makes this famous speech in p

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rained "shows"--

hrases for

oral

tered

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