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... of Princes , 1557 and 1568 , and followed by Lyly's Euphues , 1578 , had familiarised Englishmen with the idea of Athens as a modern seat of learning . more balanced and Lylian , Alfonso having three daughters ( xviii INTRODUCTION.
... of Princes , 1557 and 1568 , and followed by Lyly's Euphues , 1578 , had familiarised Englishmen with the idea of Athens as a modern seat of learning . more balanced and Lylian , Alfonso having three daughters ( xviii INTRODUCTION.
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... Lyly's plays , beginning c . 1581 , afford the chief , if not the first , example , and I should doubt the appearance before Lyly of work in which that combination is so clearly made as it is in A Shrew . The source from which the ...
... Lyly's plays , beginning c . 1581 , afford the chief , if not the first , example , and I should doubt the appearance before Lyly of work in which that combination is so clearly made as it is in A Shrew . The source from which the ...
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... Lyly's Midas , Iv . iii . 27 , " when he was imbost he tooke soyle , " is ex- plained , line 30 , as when he fomde at the mouth with running he went into the water . " 20. coldest fault ] " cold fault " = cold or lost scent , a pleonasm ...
... Lyly's Midas , Iv . iii . 27 , " when he was imbost he tooke soyle , " is ex- plained , line 30 , as when he fomde at the mouth with running he went into the water . " 20. coldest fault ] " cold fault " = cold or lost scent , a pleonasm ...
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... " who " ) before " is . " 66. kindly ] naturally . Lyly's Eu- phues , Pt . 1. p . 249 , line 7 , " the kinde Spaniell , " i.e. one true to his kind or nature . If it be husbanded with modesty . First Hun . SC . I. ] 7 THE SHREW.
... " who " ) before " is . " 66. kindly ] naturally . Lyly's Eu- phues , Pt . 1. p . 249 , line 7 , " the kinde Spaniell , " i.e. one true to his kind or nature . If it be husbanded with modesty . First Hun . SC . I. ] 7 THE SHREW.
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... Lyly's Endimion , 1. ii . 14 , of his passion for Cynthia , and III . iv . 54 , of Eumenides ' courtship of Semele , " Howe secrete hast thou beene these seauen yeeres . " Theobald's alteration was suggested by the " fifteen years " of ...
... Lyly's Endimion , 1. ii . 14 , of his passion for Cynthia , and III . iv . 54 , of Eumenides ' courtship of Semele , " Howe secrete hast thou beene these seauen yeeres . " Theobald's alteration was suggested by the " fifteen years " of ...
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