The Elizabethan Dramatists as CriticsPhilosophical Library, 1963 - 420 pages |
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Page 110
David Klein. Nor toil your brains to find the fustian sense Of those poor lines that cannot recompense The pains of study . Comedy's soft strain Should not perplex , but recreate the brain . Webster , Middleton . Anything for a Quiet ...
David Klein. Nor toil your brains to find the fustian sense Of those poor lines that cannot recompense The pains of study . Comedy's soft strain Should not perplex , but recreate the brain . Webster , Middleton . Anything for a Quiet ...
Page 146
... brain of man was e'er delivered of . D'Anville . Ay , mark the plot . Not any circumstance That stood within the reach of the design , Of persons , dispositions , matter , time , or place , But by this brain of mine was made An ...
... brain of man was e'er delivered of . D'Anville . Ay , mark the plot . Not any circumstance That stood within the reach of the design , Of persons , dispositions , matter , time , or place , But by this brain of mine was made An ...
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... brain , and that stands still ! mere monsters Here , in a chamber , of most subtil feet , And make their legs in tune , passing the streets ! These are the gallant spirits o ' the age ! The miracles o ' the time ! that can cry up And ...
... brain , and that stands still ! mere monsters Here , in a chamber , of most subtil feet , And make their legs in tune , passing the streets ! These are the gallant spirits o ' the age ! The miracles o ' the time ! that can cry up And ...
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APPLIED CRITICISM | 1 |
EXCLUSIVE OF SHAKESPEARE AND JONSON | 18 |
SHAKESPEARE | 243 |
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