The Works of Shakespeare, Volume 11Macmillan and Company, limited, 1903 |
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Page 19
... verse in which it is written , however , came ultimately from Italy through the skilful adaptation of Surrey . The integrity of the English drama was assured when the playwrights , now rapidly increasing in numbers , turned to English ...
... verse in which it is written , however , came ultimately from Italy through the skilful adaptation of Surrey . The integrity of the English drama was assured when the playwrights , now rapidly increasing in numbers , turned to English ...
Page 23
... verse from rigidity and mechanical correctness , and gave it the freedom , harmony , variety of cadence , and compelling music which imposed it upon all later English tragedy . Neither in his life nor in his art did Marlowe accept the ...
... verse from rigidity and mechanical correctness , and gave it the freedom , harmony , variety of cadence , and compelling music which imposed it upon all later English tragedy . Neither in his life nor in his art did Marlowe accept the ...
Page 49
... verse of Burns ; the lake district of Cumberland , with its mists and multitudinous voices of hidden streams , lies behind Wordsworth's verse . In like manner , War- wickshire lies always in the background of Shake- speare's mind , and ...
... verse of Burns ; the lake district of Cumberland , with its mists and multitudinous voices of hidden streams , lies behind Wordsworth's verse . In like manner , War- wickshire lies always in the background of Shake- speare's mind , and ...
Page 108
... verse passages readily becoming prose in the hands of unimaginative re- porters , and the method was regarded as dishonour- able . Reputable playwrights , having sold a work . to a theatre , did not regard it as available for publi ...
... verse passages readily becoming prose in the hands of unimaginative re- porters , and the method was regarded as dishonour- able . Reputable playwrights , having sold a work . to a theatre , did not regard it as available for publi ...
Page 112
... verse - test possible . sons . The blank verse in the early plays conforms rigidly to the rule which required a pause at the end of each line ; in the early verse rhyming couplets are in con- stant use . As the poet gained confidence ...
... verse - test possible . sons . The blank verse in the early plays conforms rigidly to the rule which required a pause at the end of each line ; in the early verse rhyming couplets are in con- stant use . As the poet gained confidence ...
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