The Book of the Courtyer, a Possible Source of Benedick and Beatrice

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Excerpt from The Book of the Courtyer, a Possible Source of Benedick and Beatrice: A Paper Read Before the Modern Language Association of America, at the University of Pennsylvania, December 28, 1900To teach the minuter decencies and inferior duties, to regulate the practice of daily conversation, to correct those depravities which are rather ridiculous than criminal, to remove those grievances which, if they produce no lasting calamities, impress hourly vexation, was first attempted by Case. In his book of manners, and Castiglione in the Courtier. (works, VII, 428, Addison.)About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.