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Definition of Masques
1. masque [n] - See also: masque
Lexicographical Neighbors of Masques
Literary usage of Masques
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shakespere's Predecessors in the English Drama by John Addington Symonds (1884)
"masques at Rome in 1474—At Ferrara in 1502—Morris Dances—At Urbino in 1513—Triumphal
Cars.— IV. Florentine Trionfi—Machinery and Engines—The Marriage ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"masques BY ERNEST RHYS •OME of the prettiest things in all literature lie hidden
and half forgotten in the "masques" and " triumphs " to be found in the old ..."
3. The Influence of Beaumont and Fletcher on Shakspere by Ashley Horace Thorndike (1901)
"Court masques and the Chronology. A word or two must be added in regard to the
influence of the court-masques on the public drama. During the reign of James ..."
4. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"It was in the spirit of a high literature that the masques of the courts of
Elizabeth and James were conceived. The dramatic entertainments—Shaksper ..."
5. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1895)
"The name of Anna, by which she is known in the masques, is the form of her name
which she herself preferred and used in signatures. ..."
6. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli (1859)
"masques. I found together blended ; noble sculpture In marble, polish'd by no
... masques. IT sometimes happens, in the history of national amusements, ..."
7. Elizabethan Drama, 1558-1642: A History of the Drama in England from the by Felix Emmanuel Schelling (1908)
"The scenery, though reduced in variety and number of changes, was novel from its
Eastern and Indian setting and costuming. The other masques of Davenant are ..."
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