"The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven." - William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice With rain, rain and prayers for more rain on all our lips, lawns and shrubs drying up water supplies sinking...
...hath no music in himself, Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds... Let no such man be trusted." - William Shakespeare As a lifelong musician, who still spends several hours at the piano or organ each week, I'm always amused when...
...hope; Tomorrow blossoms, and bears his blushing honors thick upon him; The third day comes a frost ...." -William Shakespeare, The Tempest National Public Radio's weekend host was beaming from word to word. After months - years - of...
"It oft falls out - we speak not what we mean." - William Shakespeare Double-entendre, a word or phrase with two or more meanings, usually refers to something the naive will take one way, and...
...woman searching for her identity and her overbearing, religious father. Williams, who cites William Faulkner and William Shakespeare as inspirations, said the novel is filled with allusions to her idols. She said the new novel is more episodic...
...Greenbrier High School Pack Players will play a prominent role in this year's festival by staging The Grave Prince and William Shakespeare's The Tempest as part of the dinner entertainment. Tickets for the dinner theater cost $18 for adults and...
...hill, where legend tells us the Knights of the Round Table are buried. In Stratford we took a "pilgrimage" to William Shakespeare's grave after touring Anne Hathaway's home and Shakespeare's birthplace. Another pilgrimage was made to...
...surprise - again - to learn that my two, April-born grandchildren share their special day with the birth of William Shakespeare and man's first flight in space by Russian cosmonaut Yury Gargarin. So, just in case you or your progeny need...
By way of Lord Polonius in "Hamlet," William Shakespeare famously advised, "neither a borrower nor a lender be." Though bankers and librarians might disagree, it's a good warning...
Students at North Augusta High School learned that William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark can be applied to real life as they studied the play."People go through messed-up...
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