I love Shakespeare so when Daedalus Books offered Shakespeare and the Art of Verbal Seduction for a mere 3.98 - I ordered it immediately - then it sat on the shelf - until today when bored out of mind from being on medical leave for 4 weeks I strarted to flip thru it.
I thought I'd share some of my favorites as I go through the book hence the Act 1 - clever right? LOL
From All's Well That Ends Well:
1. Are you meditating on virginity?
2. {You're} a fair creature
From Anthony and Cleopatra:
3. Come, you'll play with me sir?
4. Where hast thou been, my heart
From As You Like It:
5.What shall be our sport then?
6. Sit you down in gentleness.
7.The sight of lovers feedeth those in love.
From Cymbeline:
8. {You are} the fairest I have look'd upon
9. Come, here's my heart.
10. By Jupiter, an angel! or if not,
An earthly paragon! Behold divineness.
There is my top ten for this week - and I'm only on page 5 of the book!!!! Which was your favorite?
The English dept in my Catholic girls HS was HUGE on Shakespeare, and we read a lot of it throughout my time there. Sadly, I can't remember a damn bit of it, even though I remember having a blast when we had to read various works. I need to go back and read again.
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LOL - I loved "Are you meditating on virginity?" Sheer classic!!! Sometimes when I had down time I'd go through poetry and be entranced for a while. Glad to hear you are feeling better - we all miss you!
ReplyDeleteThere are so many but agree with Jen about "Are you meditating on virginity?" Glad you're feeling better. I'm in editing hell.
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ReplyDelete@Janet - I have 25 more pages to edit in Love By Design
As one who meditated on virginity until I married, I too vote for this. Oh Will, you knew how to turn a phrase this way and that. Thanks Liz. We all are happy to know you're on the mend.
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