Chamber's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 1J. B. Lippincott, 1910 - American literature |
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Page ix
... play , sanity , reserve , common- sense , steadiness , breadth , depth , strength , and individuality . However far we may fall short of our ideals , we have essentially the same standards of uprightness , honour , dignity , the same ...
... play , sanity , reserve , common- sense , steadiness , breadth , depth , strength , and individuality . However far we may fall short of our ideals , we have essentially the same standards of uprightness , honour , dignity , the same ...
Page 12
... play is fierce among the doomed . The gaunt wolf , the raven , and the dusky eagle rejoiced on that day . The twelfth book tells of the surprise of the Assyrian host , their flight , and the gathering of the spoil ; and Judith ends it ...
... play is fierce among the doomed . The gaunt wolf , the raven , and the dusky eagle rejoiced on that day . The twelfth book tells of the surprise of the Assyrian host , their flight , and the gathering of the spoil ; and Judith ends it ...
Page 34
... plays , which were acted in church on various high festivals as part of the service of the day . The earliest mention we have of a play of this kind is of one in honour of St Catherine , performed at Dunstable by a certain Geoffrey ...
... plays , which were acted in church on various high festivals as part of the service of the day . The earliest mention we have of a play of this kind is of one in honour of St Catherine , performed at Dunstable by a certain Geoffrey ...
Page 45
... Plays and the Cursor Mundi . Reference has already been made ( page 34 ) to the first miracle - plays acted in England ... play ; and their beauty and directness may be well illustrated by the opening colloquy , which is here given as ...
... Plays and the Cursor Mundi . Reference has already been made ( page 34 ) to the first miracle - plays acted in England ... play ; and their beauty and directness may be well illustrated by the opening colloquy , which is here given as ...
Page 46
... play of the Resurrection accord- ing to the Handlyng Synne ( supra , page 41 ) , might lawfully be acted by a priest in church to teach the unlearned . But in the same passage Mannyng mentions , though only to reprobate , the acting of ...
... play of the Resurrection accord- ing to the Handlyng Synne ( supra , page 41 ) , might lawfully be acted by a priest in church to teach the unlearned . But in the same passage Mannyng mentions , though only to reprobate , the acting of ...
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