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TALES FROM SHAKSPEARE.
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THE TEMPEST.
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. She came to this island so young, that she had no memory of having seen any other human face than her father's.
They lived in a cave or cell, made out of a rock: it was divided into several apartments, one