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The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy
by William Shakespeare
, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1591.
The play begins with a framing device
, often referred to as the Induction
, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker
named Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself.
Look in the chronicles; we came in with Richard Conqueror.
Let the world slide.
I’ll not budge an inch.
Stephen Sly, and old John Naps of Greece,And Peter Turf, and Henry Pimpernell,And twenty more such names and men as theseWhich never were, nor no man ever saw.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta’en;In brief, sir, study what you most affect.
There’s small choice in rotten apples.
I burn, I pine, I perish.
Nothing comes amiss, so money comes withal.
Tush! tush! fear boys with bugs.
Do as adversaries do in law, —Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.