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Gadshill
Gadshill, near Rochester, the scene of Prince Hal's joke robbery of Falstaff in Shakespeare's 1 Henry IV (ii. ii); also the name of one of Falstaff's companions. Gadshill was the home of Dickens in his later years.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Gadshill." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Gadshill." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Gadshill.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Gadshill." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Gadshill.html |
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Gadshill
Gadshill , low hill, Kent, SE England, near Rochester. In Shakespeare's Henry IV it was the scene of Falstaff's robberies. Charles Dickens lived there, at Gadshill Place, from 1856 until his death in 1870. |
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"Gadshill." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Gadshill." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Gadshill.html "Gadshill." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Gadshill.html |
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