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- adjective Alternative spelling of
Shakespearean .
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{78} [For Shakespearian compounds see Abbott’s _Shakespearian Grammar_, pp. 317-20.] {79} [W.iting in the year 1780 Bentham says: “The word it must be acknowledged is a new one”.] {80} _Collection of Scarce Tracts_, edited by Sir W. Scott, vol. vii, p. 91.
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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How does your experience in Shakespearian theater translate to playing a cultist?
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How do you say "Sergeant, man the f. .cking 50 caliber" or "We need air support!" in Shakespearian dialogue?
First Look: Ralph Fiennes’ Modern Take on Shakespeare’s Coriolanus | /Film 2010
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How does your experience in Shakespearian theater translate to playing a cultist?
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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Hey, I hated "Romeo + Juliet", too, but that suffered from terrible direction and actors who weren't trained in Shakespearian dialogue.
First Look: Ralph Fiennes’ Modern Take on Shakespeare’s Coriolanus | /Film 2010
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How did it figure out that goths may be interested in Shakespearian vampire movies?
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One might call it Shakespearian if there were a shred of nobleness in the story of Eliot Spitzer's fall.
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Shakespeare for his hundred and fifty-four sonnets [64] -- hence it is sometimes called the Shakespearian sonnet.
The Principles of English Versification Paull Franklin Baum
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Surely "Götz" and "The Robbers" are nothing like what he would have called Shakespearian, and the whole _Sturm und
Among My Books First Series James Russell Lowell 1855
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Collier (1789-1883), known as a Shakespearian critic and editor of old plays and poems, was then a reporter on _The Times_.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb Mary Lamb 1805
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