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Quotation from Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb
“There was a certain island in the sea, the only inhabitants of which were an old man, whose name was Prospero, and his daughter Miranda, a very beautiful young lady.”
Tales from Shakespeare, The Tempest, opening (Project Gutenberg text)
The first sentence of the first tale.
Citation: "There was a certain island in the sea, the only inhabitants of which were an old man, whose name was Prospero, and his daughter Miranda, a very beautiful young lady." — Charles and Mary Lamb, Tales from Shakespeare, The Tempest, opening (Project Gutenberg text). (id tales-from-shakespeare-q1)
Portrait: Tales from Shakspeare (1831) title page, William Harvey, Public domain.
