The Knight of Our Burning PestleH. Holt, 1908 - 309 pages |
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Page xvii
... expression of disapproval from the populace is not known . It is probable that , as given at the Cockpit , it was acted before aristocratic spectators , since that theatre was a ' private house , ' and , as such , was resorted to by the ...
... expression of disapproval from the populace is not known . It is probable that , as given at the Cockpit , it was acted before aristocratic spectators , since that theatre was a ' private house , ' and , as such , was resorted to by the ...
Page xxiv
... expression . They broadened , however , the scope of differentiation . They recog- nized that metrical characteristics are an outgrowth of the matter , and of the general style of expression . That is , they united literary and metrical ...
... expression . They broadened , however , the scope of differentiation . They recog- nized that metrical characteristics are an outgrowth of the matter , and of the general style of expression . That is , they united literary and metrical ...
Page xxx
... expression . Manifestly the regular , and hence somewhat formal , structure of Beaumont's verse was more appropiate for the mock - heroic than was Fletcher's semi - collo- quial metre , and if there were no other grounds for crediting ...
... expression . Manifestly the regular , and hence somewhat formal , structure of Beaumont's verse was more appropiate for the mock - heroic than was Fletcher's semi - collo- quial metre , and if there were no other grounds for crediting ...
Page xxxi
... expression some theme bor- rowed from heroic or popular legend ; on the con- trary , though its burlesque is by no means inclusive of the whole of romantic lore , its appropriations from the literature familiar to the times are made ...
... expression some theme bor- rowed from heroic or popular legend ; on the con- trary , though its burlesque is by no means inclusive of the whole of romantic lore , its appropriations from the literature familiar to the times are made ...
Page lxv
... expression of deep - dyed rascality , while that of Merrythought is merely the result of irrepressible spirits . After all , however far Merrythought may be the reflection of a common type , I think that we must recognize in his blithe ...
... expression of deep - dyed rascality , while that of Merrythought is merely the result of irrepressible spirits . After all , however far Merrythought may be the reflection of a common type , I think that we must recognize in his blithe ...
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Page 123 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowne'd honour by the locks...
Page 152 - Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the stile-a : A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a.
Page 156 - Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently; for in the very torrent, tempest, and, as I may say, whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness. O, it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings...
Page 109 - Afric of the other, and so many other under-kingdoms that the player, when he cometh in, must ever begin with telling where he is ; or else the tale will not be conceived. Now ye shall have three ladies walk to gather flowers, and then we must believe the stage to be a garden. By and by we hear...
Page 114 - Centuries ; being a Series of Extracts, Local, Social, and Political, from the Archives of the City of London, AD 1276-1419.
Page 186 - A damn'd defeat was made. Am I a coward? Who calls me villain? breaks my pate across? Plucks off my beard and blows it in my face? Tweaks me by the nose? gives me the lie i' the throat, As deep as to the lungs?
Page xix - Their plays are now the most pleasant and frequent entertainments of the stage; two of theirs being acted through the year for one of Shakespeare's or Jonson's...
Page 235 - It was anciently the custom for all ranks of people to go out a maying on the first of May. It is on record that King Henry VIII. and Queen Katharine partook of this diversion" (STEEVENS): "Stowe says, that, 'in the month of May, namely, on May-day in the morning, every man, except impediment, would walk into the sweet meadows and green woods ; there to rejoice their spirits with the beauty and savour of sweet flowers, and with the noise [ie music] of birds, praising God in their kind.
Page 165 - A pick-axe, and a spade, a spade, For and a shrouding sheet : O, a pit of clay for to be made For such a guest is meet.