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But in our sense of the word, we should call Lucentio's description of his mistress elegant:
Characters of Shakespeare's Plays William Hazlitt 1804
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'Spit in the hole, man,' Lucentio's very rude advice to Hortensio, will direct our attention to the variously shaped 'holes' which were made in the belly of all stringed instruments to let out the sound.
Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries 1900
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The machiavellian menial Tranio, pretending to be his master Lucentio, has won a assent of Bianca's father to matrimony with him by boasting of his father's huge wealth.
Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia admin 2009
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The machiavellian menial Tranio, pretending to be his master Lucentio, has won a assent of Bianca's father to matrimony with him by boasting of his father's huge wealth.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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It turns out it was at the wedding of Bianca and Lucentio from Taming of the Shrew.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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It turns out it was at the wedding of Bianca and Lucentio from Taming of the Shrew.
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All those characters will step onto the stage in later books – Shylock and Lucentio soon, the Duke much later on – but when they do it will be to move the story along, not as an attempt at cleverness.
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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All those characters will step onto the stage in later books – Shylock and Lucentio soon, the Duke much later on – but when they do it will be to move the story along, not as an attempt at cleverness.
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Enter Gremio, Lucentio in the habit of a mean man; Petruchio, with Hortensio as a musician; and
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‘Hic steterat,’ and that Lucentio that comes a-wooing, ‘Priami,’ is my man Tranio,
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