Euphues and His England by John Lyly: “he, in short, who wrote that singularly coxcomical work, called _Euphues and his England_, was in the very zenith of his absurdity and his reputation.”
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes: “Thus I shame to tell how the sage Cid Hamet Benengeli was induced by one Juan Avellaneda to play the Turk with the ingenious Miguel Cervantes, and to publish a Second Part of the adventures of his hero the renowned Don Quixote,”
Every Man out of His Humour by Ben Jonson: “There is a scene in Jonson's "Every Man out of his Humour," (Act IV. Scene 6.) in which a Euphuist of the time gives an account of the”
British Monachism by Thomas Dudley Fosbroke: “[Footnote: The rest of this doggerel rhyme may be found in Fosbrooke's Learned work on British Monachism.]”
The Battle of Alcazar by George Peele: “His fate is also introduced in a tragedy, by George Peel, as has been supposed, called the Battle of Alcazar, from which play Dryden is alleged to have taken the idea of Don Sebastian;”
Don Sebastian by John Dryden: “from which play Dryden is alleged to have taken the idea of Don Sebastian;”
The Monk and the Miller's Wife by Allan Ramsay: “I told, indeed, Allan Ramsay's story of the Monk and Miller's Wife, in order to retreat with some honour under cover of a parting volley.”
Ode to Fear by William Collins: “Ne'er be I found by thee unawed, On that thrice hallow'd eve abroad. When goblins haunt from flood and fen, The steps of men. COLLINS'S _Ode to Fear_.”
Macbeth by William Shakespeare: “Raze out the written troubles of the brain, Cleanse the foul bosom of the perilous stuff That weighs upon the heart. MACBETH.”
The Magnetic Lady by Ben Jonson: “A courtier extraordinary, who by diet Of meats and drinks, his temperate exercise, Choice music, frequent bath, his horary shifts Of shirts and waistcoats, means to immortalize Mortality itself, and makes the essence Of his whole happiness the trim of court. MAGNETIC LADY.”
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare: “Why, what an intricate impeach is this! I think you all have drank of Circe's cup. If here you housed him, here he would have been; If he were mad, he would not plead so coldly. COMEDY OF ERRORS.”
The Two Noble Kinsmen by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher: “He is at liberty, I have ventured for him! -----------------------------if the law Find and condemn me for't, some living wenches, Some honest-hearted maids will sing my dirge, And tell to memory my death was noble, Dying almost a martyr. THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN.”
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Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne: “Kennedy's countenance strikingly recalled that of Herbert Glendinning, as Sir Walter Scott has depicted it in "The Monastery"”