English miscellany: a symposium of history, literature and the arts, Volume 5British Council, 1954 - Art A symposium of history, literature and the arts. |
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a symposium of history, literature and the arts. SHAKESPEARE AS PRESERVER OF ENGLISH SPEECH * A Sketch « The extent to which Shakespeare has enriched the English language has never been measured with any attempt at accuracy , and ...
a symposium of history, literature and the arts. SHAKESPEARE AS PRESERVER OF ENGLISH SPEECH * A Sketch « The extent to which Shakespeare has enriched the English language has never been measured with any attempt at accuracy , and ...
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... Shakespeare himself picked up many locutions that were in common use at his time and only their presence in his plays has preserved them in our memory . When Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet says « we burn daylight » he is merely using a ...
... Shakespeare himself picked up many locutions that were in common use at his time and only their presence in his plays has preserved them in our memory . When Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet says « we burn daylight » he is merely using a ...
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... Shakespeare today , how few of them are to be found in the glossary of a modern popular edition of the playwright , how much of this material has become in an active or passive sense part and parcel of modern English usage . The process ...
... Shakespeare today , how few of them are to be found in the glossary of a modern popular edition of the playwright , how much of this material has become in an active or passive sense part and parcel of modern English usage . The process ...
Contents
Mario Praz Modern Art and Literature A Parallel | 9 |
Vittorio Gabrieli La Missione di Sir Kenelm Digby alla corte | 258 |
Crinò La visita a Firenze del bizzarro attore comico | 289 |
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