The Elizabethan Dramatists as CriticsPhilosophical Library, 1963 - 420 pages |
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Page 72
... affected phrase , To clothe their matter ; and together tie Matter and form with art and decency . The last line is particularly significant , possessing a wider ap- plicability . Other utterances pertaining to the relation between ...
... affected phrase , To clothe their matter ; and together tie Matter and form with art and decency . The last line is particularly significant , possessing a wider ap- plicability . Other utterances pertaining to the relation between ...
Page 151
... grave counsels they allow the advice of fools ; yea , they use one order of speech for all persons- a gross indecorum - for a crow will counterfeit ill the nightingale's sweet voice : even so , affected speech doth misbecome 151 Character.
... grave counsels they allow the advice of fools ; yea , they use one order of speech for all persons- a gross indecorum - for a crow will counterfeit ill the nightingale's sweet voice : even so , affected speech doth misbecome 151 Character.
Page 263
... affected , too odd , as it were , too peregrinate , as I may call it . " Nathaniel pounces on the word peregrinate : " A most singular and choice epithet , " and promptly takes out his notebook to record it . It reminds one of Polonius ...
... affected , too odd , as it were , too peregrinate , as I may call it . " Nathaniel pounces on the word peregrinate : " A most singular and choice epithet , " and promptly takes out his notebook to record it . It reminds one of Polonius ...
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APPLIED CRITICISM | 1 |
EXCLUSIVE OF SHAKESPEARE AND JONSON | 18 |
A Variety of Demand | 172 |
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