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Shakespeare, Geography and Education

Posted on September 16, 2014 by jimmie

EVANS. I pray you, have your remembrance, child; Accusativo, hing, hang, hog. MISTRESS QUICKLY. Hang hog is Latin for bacon, I warrant you. (Merry Wives of Windsor, act 4, sc.1) Even the regime media had a good time in reporting the comments of an unnamed, though well-placed senior State Department High Priest who, when in Read More

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Shakespeare on Age and Aging Romeos

Posted on October 25, 2012 by jimmie

“… One that is well-nigh worn to pieces with age to show himself a young gallant.” (Merry Wives of Windsor, act 2, sc. 1) Comments.  The character of the aging Romeo has been the subject and the butt of a large number of novels, plays and comedies, in the major European languages and (probably) in Read More

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Shakespeare on Cold Symptoms & Natural Remedies

Posted on October 20, 2012 by jimmie

 “Let me pour in some sack to the Thames water; for my belly’s as cold as if I had swallowed snowballs for pills to cool the reins.” (Merry Wives of Windsor, act 3, sc. 5) Comments.  The cold season is on us – at least those of us in the Northern hemisphere. And the corporate Read More

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Shakespeare’s Best Insults and Best Curses, Guts and Vultures

Posted on August 1, 2012 by jimmie

“Let vultures gripe thy guts.” (Merry Wives of Windsor act 1, sc. 3) Tips for use. Excellent retort to an accusation or act or word of insolence when you do not immediately have an answer. Excellent comeback during a political debate. No doubt Pistol had in mind the myth of Prometheus, the Titan god of Read More

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Shakespeare on Abstinence and the Improbable Chastity in Men

Posted on July 31, 2012 by jimmie

“I will find you twenty lascivious turtles, ere one chaste man.” (Merry Wives of Windsor, act 2, sc.1) Tips for use. Applicable at large, especially with seemingly self-righteous or outwardly religious characters. Even recent history is dotted with sexual scandals involving preachers of various denominations, ready to quote chapter and verse from the Bible. Nor Read More

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Shakespeare on How to End a Love Letter

Posted on July 30, 2012 by jimmie

“Thine own true knight, By day or night, Or any kind of light, With all his might” (Merry Wives of Windsor, act 2, sc. 1) Tips for use. A good ending, even if mildly overstated, to a love note or letter or card, at least the first two lines. Or all four, if you intend Read More

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