Lexicographical Neighbors of Peripeties
Literary usage of Peripeties
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Game by John Albert Macy (1922)
"Stevenson knew all about Mr. James and his "peripeties," but he could stow that
knowledge on one ..."
2. Play-making: A Manual of Craftsmanship by William Archer (1912)
"The peripeties of real life are frequent, though 1 That great spiritual drama
known as the Book of Job opens, after the Prologue in Heaven, with one of the ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1894)
"Their incidents and peripeties were indeed better suited to the heroical ballad,
which is wholly occupied with them. Our constant feud with the French ..."
4. The Fortnightly Review (1883)
"... arbiter of the destiny of the author's creations," is he not repeating the
idea of M. Zola, " On finira par donner de simples etudes, sans peripeties ni ..."
5. The Life of Lamartine by Henry Remsen Whitehouse (1918)
"He flattered the envoys of "cette glorieuse ile d'Erin qui, par le genie naturel
de ses habitants, comme par les peripeties de son histoire, ..."
6. The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort by Theodore Martin (1880)
"I hope,' were the Emperor's words, ' that the year now beginning will be marked
by none of those sudden turns of fortune (peripeties) which have marked the ..."
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