10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HISTRIONICAL»
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histrionical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
histrionical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
A histrionical contempt Of what a man fears most. B. Jonsnn, Magn. Lady.
Histrionical gestures, representing unto us Apollo's solemnities in his temple at
Dulos. Peter Smart, Serin, at Durham, (1628,) p. 24. Such naked and forlorn
Quakers act ...
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Royal Dictionary English and French and French and English ...
Hxsfluontc and His'rluomcu. [pertainin to a comedian or buft'oon], d'acteur, the'a'
tral, de aladin, d'histrion. Histrionical gestures, des gestes d'acteur, de baladin.
Histrionic or histrionical displa , ompe the'a'trale. Though the world be histrionicai'
...
Charles Fleming, J. Tibbins, 1857
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The Ludic Self in Seventeenth-Century English Literature
Later, at an age when self-assurance and sententiousness had replaced the self-
testing and whimsicalities of Religio Medici, Browne warned the reader, "Though
the World be Histrionical, and most Men live Ironically, yet be thou what thou ...
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An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
2; historic ally: historic;historiographer, awriter ofhistory (from Gk. γράφειν, towrite)
, Gascoigne's Steel Glas,981; historio graphy. HISTRIONICAL, relating to the
stage. (L.)In Minsheu.'And is a histrionical contempt;' BenJonson, Magnetic Lady,
...
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A New Universal Etymological, Technological and Pronouncing ...
HISTOGENY— HISTRIONICAL. mouth open behind the eye, which is very large ;
caudal fin small and lobccl : Family, Scomberidse ; Subfamily, Xiphianse. I ]
Histogeny, his-toj'e-ne, a. (histos, a web or tissue, and gennao, I engender, Gr.)
The ...
John Craig (lexicographer.), 1849
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The Works: In 9 Volumes. ... containing The magnetic lady. A ...
One that hath lost his ears by a just sentence' Of the Star-chamber, a right valiant
knave And is a histrionical contempt Of what a man fears most; it being a mischief
In his own apprehension unavoidable. Prac. Which is in cowards wounded ...
Ben Jonson, William Gifford, 1816
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The magnetic lady: or, humours reconciled. A tale of a tub. ...
One that hath lost his ears by a just sentence4 Of the Star-chamber, a right valiant
knave And is a histrionical contempt Of what a man fears most ; it being a
mischief In his own apprehension unavoidable. Prac. Which is in cowards
wounded ...
Ben Jonson, William Gifford, 1816
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Death, Desire and Loss in Western Culture
He also believes that, in spite of bad dreams, inner division and the corruption of
the world, one really can become who one truly is: Though the world be
histrionical, and most men live ironically, yet be thou what thou singly art, and
personate ...
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Lay baptism invalid: or, An essay to prove that such baptism ...
so favourably of Ludicrous, and Jocuiar, as well as Mimical and Histrionical
Baptisms. But as current as by misfortune this Story hath been? and as many as it
hath led into Errour, it is now exploded for very good Reasons by Learned Men, ...
Roger Laurence, George Hickes, 1710
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Drama at the Courts of Queen Henrietta Maria
Criticising Buckingham for enacting a histrionical role, it nevertheless disregards
Henrietta Maria entirely, leaving one with the impression that the duke was the
prime mover in the entertainment. This impression is compounded by the
structure ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HISTRIONICAL»
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histrionical is used in the context of the following news items.
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake (Regent Theatre, Melbourne)
It is a massive, histrionical monster of pathos, with dance and narrative wholly at the service of emotion. Premiering in 1995, it is also hugely ... «Daily Review, Oct 14»
Reviews of 'An Iliad' and 'The Mystery Plays'
Historical and, at times, histrionical, An Iliad is one man's tireless recounting of the Trojan War, the kind of experience you wish you'd had in that ... «San Diego CityBEAT, Aug 12»
Snagging One
Those hands were in evidence in her three-set win over Yulia Putintseva of Russia in today's girls' final, a histrionical affair that ended with the ... «Tennis Magazine, Jan 12»
Come Bear The Cross
... in the Indian context, the person with the more histrionical behaviour wins. ... And that she was 'Robbed' ( or molested, in extremely histrionical behaviour ) «Outlook, Dec 09»
