rotten chaffe or pugs, and such like plain mullock

[The Warrior's Barrow (Kjæmpehøjen)] admirably conformed to his employers' National-Romantic aims. This is equally true of the four new plays with which [Henrik] Ibsen honoured his contract: St. John's Night) (Sancthansnatten, 1853), a phantasia having a good deal in common with [William] Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream …

The rise of the printing press.

Almost he longed to be a scrupleless Oriental and carry her off across his saddle bow.