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Two Gentlemen of Veroʹna

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The story of Proteus and Julia was borrowed from the pastoral romance of Diana, by George of Montemayor, a Spaniard, translated into English by Bartholomew Younge in 1598. The love adventure of Julia resembles that of Viola, in Twelfth Night.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Twig
Twinkling
Twins
Twist (Oliver)
Twisting the Lion’s Tail
Twitcher
Twitten
Two
Two Eyes of Greece
Two Fridays
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Two Strings to his Bow (He has)
Two of a Trade never agree
Twopenny Dam (A)
Tybalt
Tyburn
Tyburn Ticket
Tyburnia (London)
TYear—i.e
Tyke
Tyler Insurrection