10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMBIDEXTER»
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ambidexter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ambidexter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Form Miming Meaning: Iconicity in Language and Literature
Ambidexterity is in one development of the tradition a quality of the perfect
military fighter, and in another development a quality of the righteous individual,
the spiritual ambidexter. To be ambidextrous, then, is to be physically perfect,
with an ...
Max Nänny, Olga Fischer, 1999
2
Rhetorical Subversion in Early English Drama
The audience receives fair warning, but Ambidexter's rhetoric is such that his
promise that "heerafter hear more ye shall" only consolidates his power and
leaves that audience waiting for "heerafter," if only to hear how he will achieve his
...
3
Shakespeare and the History of Soliloquies
(103) In Thomas Preston's Cambises (before 1570), the Vice character
Ambidexter frequently addresses playgoers overtly and unambiguously. He
addresses them with second person pronouns or gives them commands ("Stand
away, stand ...
4
From Chaucer's Pardoner to Shakespeare's Iago: Aspects of ...
He is a kindred spirit, since he calls himself 'a ml vicious man' (VI, 459), and
minutely unfolds the means by which he plays to the common people to deceive
them, a joy in deception which he shares with Ambidexter.206 Additionally, both
...
5
Theatre and Humanism: English Drama in the Sixteenth Century
In the Marian burnings between 1555 and 1558, one hundred and thirteen men
and women (almost one third the total) were executed in Bonner's diocese of
London.22 Mary's deadly politics may inform Ambidexter's threat to have Hob
and ...
6
Shakespeare's Clown: Actor and Text in the Elizabethan Playhouse
The name, Ambidexter, signifies duplicity; it also suggests the shifting
relationship between actor and audience, actor and role. In a sequence of
monologues Ambidexter gives a running commentary on the state of the action.
Confidentially he ...
7
Moral Play and Counterpublic
The Vice, Ambidexter, outfitted for war, falls in with three soldiers, Huf, Snuf, and
Ruf, until Meretrix, the harlot, makes herself an object of competition. The soldiers
fight. When her highest bidder runs off, Meretrix beats the remaining men and ...
8
Preface. Candlemas-day. Every-man. Hycke-scorner. Lusty ...
Ambidexter. A proper man, and also a sit, For the kings estate to prepare a
banquit. Preparation. What, Ambidexter ? thou art not unknowen ; A mischeef on
all good faces, so that I curse not mine; own : Now in the knaves name shake
hands ...
9
The Oxford Anthology of Tudor Drama
Ambidexter Yea, God's pity, begin ye to entreat me? Have at ye once again! By
the mass, I will beat ye! Fight again. Huff Gog's heart, let us kill him. Suffer no
longer. Draw their swords. Snuff Thou slave, we will see if thou be the stronger.
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The Origin of the English Drama: Illustrated in Its Various ...
Ambidexter. A proper man, and alfo a fit, For the kings eftate to prepare a banquit,
Preparation. What, Ambidexter ? thou art not unknowen ; A mifcheef on all good
faces, fo that I curfe not mine own : Now in the knaves name make hands with ...
Thomas Hawkins (philologue du 18e siècle), 1773
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMBIDEXTER»
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ambidexter is used in the context of the following news items.
Nappy Valley, Toffs and Hipsters: a map of London slang
Ambidexter. Slang for a lawyer, and suggests someone who holds out both hands for bribes. Dates from 1552, and also appears in an 1850 ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
Shuttle fee set for champion sire Zebedee
GST and Ambidexter stands for A$6,600 (3,429/€4,789) inc. GST. Hussonet is on a private fee as his book will be restricted and only carefully ... «Racing Post Bloodstock, Apr 15»
Zebedee's southern hemisphere stud fee set
... stand at Cornerstone Stud alongside Dalakhani, Hussonet, Ambidexter and Good Journey, with other fees to be announced before Easter. «Racing Post Bloodstock, Feb 15»
Cornerstone Stud Announce Zebedee Service Fee
ZEBEDEE will join DALAKHANI, HUSSONET, AMBIDEXTER and GOOD JOURNEY at Cornerstone Stud. Full service fees for all the stallions ... «Bloodstock.com.au, Feb 15»
Leading first-season sire to shuttle in 2015
... Blomeley, will see the six-year-old join fellow shuttle sire Dalakhani at Cornerstone, alongside Hussonet, Ambidexter and Good Journey. «Racing Post Bloodstock, Nov 14»
Restoration begins on historic Taylor House
In 1901, the school became the Ambidexter Industrial and Normal Institute for African-American children. Modeled on Booker T. Washington's ... «Illinois Times, Oct 14»
John O'Shea warms to the Godolphin way of racing
"Kumaon is a genuine 10-1 shot," Plumptre says. "He looks like an Ambidexter or a Skilled as a three-year-old. He is around that group 1 level. «Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 14»
Lincoln Library gets searchable historical newspaper database
He mentioned an article he recently wrote for Illinois Times about the circa 1901 Ambidexter Industrial and Normal Institute in Springfield. «The State Journal-Register, Dec 13»
Some Excellent Mid-19th-Century Criminal Slang That's Ripe For …
Altitudes: A state of drunkenness; being high. Ambidexter: One who befriends both sides; a lawyer who takes fees from both parties in a suit. «Slate Magazine, Oct 13»
Waupun students see robotic surgery system
Madeline Keach approached her science teacher, Terra Backhaus, about creating names, and arrived at “Ambidexter,” or “Dex” for short. «Beaver Dam Daily Citizen, Apr 13»
