Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare · E. Nesbit
PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF NAMES.
Oberon (ob'-ër-on) Olivia (ô-liv'-i-å) Ophelia (ô-fêl'-i-å or o-fêl'-yå) Orlando (awr-lan'-dô) Orsino (awr-sê'-nô) Othello (ô-thel'-ô) Parolles (pa-rol'-êz) Paulina (paw-lî'-nå) Pentapolis (pen-tap'-o-lis) Perdita (për'-di-tå) Pericles (per'-i-klêz) Petruchio (pe-trû'-chi-ô) Phoenix (fê'-niks) Pisanio (pê-sah'-ni-ô) Polixines (pô-liks'-e-nêz) Polonius (pô-lô'-ni-us) Portia (pôr'-shi-å) Proteus (prô'-te-us or prô'-tûs) Regan (rê'-gån) Roderigo (rô-der'-i-gô) Romano (rô-mah'-nô) Romeo (rô'-me-ô) Rosalind (roz'-å-lind) Rosaline (roz'-å-lin) Rousillon (ru-sê-lyawng') Sebastian (se-bas'-ti-ån) Sempronius (sem-prô'-ni-us) Simonides (si-mon'-i-dêz) Solinus (sô-lî'-nus) Sycorax (sî'-ko-raks) Syracuse (sir-å-kus) Thaisa (tha-is'-å) Thaliard (thâ'-li-ård) Thurio (thû'-ri-ô) Timon (tî'-mon) Titania (tî-tan'-i-å) Tybalt (tib'-ålt) Ursula (ur'-sû-lå) Venetian (ve-nê'-shån) Venice (ven'-is) Ventidius (ven-tid'-i-us) Verona (vâ-rô'-nå) Vicentio (vê-sen'-shi-ô) Action is eloquence, and the eyes of the ignorant More learned than their ears. Coriolanus -- III. 2. Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head. As You Like It -- II. 1. That, Sir, which serves and seeks for gain, And follows but for form, Will pack, when it begins to rain, And leave thee in the storm. King Lear -- II. 4. Ah! when the means are gone, that buy this praise, The breath is gone whereof this praise is made: Feast won--fast lost; one cloud of winter showers, These flies are couched. Timon of Athens -- II. 2.
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