criticasters

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Shakspere to-day is the prey of the commentators and of the criticasters, but in his own time Shakspere was the most popular of the Elizabethan playwrights--so popular that his name was tagged to plays he had not written, in order that the public might be tempted to take them into favor.

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  • And yet again, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar silences his criticasters the only way he can: by scoring goals, this time in the Real Madrid jersey. —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
  • And yet again, Huntelaar can smile at his criticasters. —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
  • Shakspere to-day is the prey of the commentators and of the criticasters, but in his own time Shakspere was the most popular of the Elizabethan playwrights--so popular that his name was tagged to plays he had not written, in order that the public might be tempted to take them into favor. —  Inquiries and Opinions
  • This is true not only of the forgotten criticasters, but of the most famous, the most widely read and the most authoritative literary historians of the time, such as Gervinus and Vilmar. —  The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
  • Now the logic of women, children, and criticasters is a thing of gaps; they reason as marches a kangaroo; but to mathematicians, logicians, and genealogists, a link wanting is a chain broken. —  Love Me Little, Love Me Long
 

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