The Devil is an Ass, Issues 29-30H. Holt, 1905 - 252 pages |
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Page vii
... matters of form and for inspiration in the work ; to Professor Henry A. Beers for painstaking discussion of difficult questions ; to Dr. De Winter for help and criticism ; to Dr. John M. Berdan for the privilege of consulting his copy ...
... matters of form and for inspiration in the work ; to Professor Henry A. Beers for painstaking discussion of difficult questions ; to Dr. De Winter for help and criticism ; to Dr. John M. Berdan for the privilege of consulting his copy ...
Page viii
... matters ; and to Professor George L. Burr for the loan of books from the Cornell Library . A portion of the expense of printing this book has been borne by the Modern Language Club of Yale University from funds placed at its disposal by ...
... matters ; and to Professor George L. Burr for the loan of books from the Cornell Library . A portion of the expense of printing this book has been borne by the Modern Language Club of Yale University from funds placed at its disposal by ...
Page xv
... . 124 he retains ' petty ' from 1716 , although he says : ' The edit . of 1640 , as I think more justly , -Some pretty principality . ' This reverence for the 1716 text is inexplicable . In the matter of capitalization Introduction XV.
... . 124 he retains ' petty ' from 1716 , although he says : ' The edit . of 1640 , as I think more justly , -Some pretty principality . ' This reverence for the 1716 text is inexplicable . In the matter of capitalization Introduction XV.
Page xvi
Ben Jonson. 1716 text is inexplicable . In the matter of capitalization Whalley forsakes his model , and he makes emendations of his own with considerable freedom . He still further mod- ernizes the spelling ; he spells out elided words ...
Ben Jonson. 1716 text is inexplicable . In the matter of capitalization Whalley forsakes his model , and he makes emendations of his own with considerable freedom . He still further mod- ernizes the spelling ; he spells out elided words ...
Page xx
... matters of petty detail , of local color , and of contemporary allusion , he was , as we have seen , not without an inclination toward allegory . Thus in Every Man out of his Humor the figure of Maci- lente is very close to a purely ...
... matters of petty detail , of local color , and of contemporary allusion , he was , as we have seen , not without an inclination toward allegory . Thus in Every Man out of his Humor the figure of Maci- lente is very close to a purely ...
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Page 205 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Page 200 - For while with their knife which they hold in one hand they cut the meate out of the dish, they fasten their forke which they hold in their other hand upon the same dish...
Page 147 - A friend at court to place me at a masque ; The private box ta'en up at a new play, For me and my retinue ; a fresh habit, Of a fashion never seen before, to draw The gallants...
Page 180 - Gallants, men and women, And of all sorts, tag-rag, been seen to flock here In threaves,* these ten weeks, as to a second Hogsden, In days of Pimlico and Eye-bright.
Page 45 - Do but look on her eyes, they do light All that Love's world compriseth! Do but look on her hair, it is bright As Love's star when it riseth! Do but mark, her...
Page 200 - I understand is generally used in all places of Italy, their forkes being for the most part made of yron or steele, and some of silver, but those are used only by gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any meanes indure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike cleane.
Page lv - Vincentio Saviolo his Practise. In two Bookes. The first intreating of the use of the Rapier and Dagger. The second of Honor and honorable Quarrels.
Page 177 - In his service in the Low Countries, he had, in the face of both the campes, killed ane enemie and taken opima spolia from him...
Page 140 - ... take up any dead man, woman, or child out of his, her, or their grave, or any other place where the dead body resteth, or the skin, bone, or any other part of any dead person...
Page 147 - ... bend your course directly in the middle line, that the whole body of the church may appear to be yours ; where, in view of all, you may publish your suit in what manner you affect most, either with the slide of your cloak from the one shoulder...