The Elizabethan Dramatists as Critics1963 |
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DICTION All Europe was language conscious at this time , it being the tail - end of the formative period of the modern languages . In England this consciousness was not confined to those who occupa- tionally were concerned with language ...
DICTION All Europe was language conscious at this time , it being the tail - end of the formative period of the modern languages . In England this consciousness was not confined to those who occupa- tionally were concerned with language ...
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... language so . Nor could they do it , if they e'er had seen The matchless features of the Fairy Queen ; Read Jonson , Shakespeare , Beaumont , Fletcher , or Thy neat - limn'd pieces , skilful Massinger . That the theater exerted an ...
... language so . Nor could they do it , if they e'er had seen The matchless features of the Fairy Queen ; Read Jonson , Shakespeare , Beaumont , Fletcher , or Thy neat - limn'd pieces , skilful Massinger . That the theater exerted an ...
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... language , as to show The plenteous English hand in hand might go With Greek and Latin , and did first reduce Our tongue from Lyly's writing then in use , Talking of stones , stars , plants , of fishes , flies ; Playing with words and ...
... language , as to show The plenteous English hand in hand might go With Greek and Latin , and did first reduce Our tongue from Lyly's writing then in use , Talking of stones , stars , plants , of fishes , flies ; Playing with words and ...
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APPLIED CRITICISM | 1 |
EXCLUSIVE OF SHAKESPEARE AND JONSON | 18 |
A Variety of Demand | 172 |
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