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Cloth, 8vo   pp. xi + 186   $1.25 net   The Shaksperian Stage By Victor E. Albright, Ph.D.,

From Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats by Miller, Barnette

This was responded to by a Shaksperian jester and clown to the ring, the friend and adviser of Widdicomb, who, among other advice, advised him to sit still and say nothing.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

Again, Massinger may have had an earlier Shaksperian style, very unlike his mature style; but this is pure hypothesis.

From Philip Massinger by Cruickshank, A. H.

The Taming of the Shrew is, therefore, one of the least Shaksperian of Shakspere's plays; a bourgeois, domestic comedy, with a very narrow interest.

From Brief History of English and American Literature by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

It not only comprehends the highest results of Shaksperian criticism, but it is a step forward.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor