. A study in certain seventeenth century essays. ntinued speech without a speech of interlocu-tion sheweth slounesse: and a good reply or second s_peech, with-out a good set speech sheweth shallownesse and weakness, as we see in heastes that those that are weakest in the course are yet 4 nimblesjt in the turn .Yet sentences so markedly euphuistic asthis are uncommon. Generally a fairly decided balance is themost apparent trace of the mannerism. Similes occur occasionallybut never in the rapid-fire fashion of Euphues. 1„ Jusserand, English Hovel in Time of Shakespere(Londonl890)plOf72* To decid
. A study in certain seventeenth century essays. ntinued speech without a speech of interlocu-tion sheweth slounesse: and a good reply or second s_peech, with-out a good set speech sheweth shallownesse and weakness, as we see in heastes that those that are weakest in the course are yet 4 nimblesjt in the turn .Yet sentences so markedly euphuistic asthis are uncommon. Generally a fairly decided balance is themost apparent trace of the mannerism. Similes occur occasionallybut never in the rapid-fire fashion of Euphues. 1„ Jusserand, English Hovel in Time of Shakespere(Londonl890)plOf72* To decide this 3~study of EuphuTsrti oh the continent vould benecessary. I could find no treatise on the subject sufficientlydetailed for this purpose, and of course I did not have timeto work it out myself. 3. BaconfErancis, Essays, Ed by Reynolds (Oxford 1890) Arb-r, English Sprints. (Londonl871) , The italicsare mine, buF~tne capitalizing of the nouns in the 1625 editionmakes the alliteration quite as prominent as do the 38 notwithstanding Jusserards declaration that the 1 movement did not continue beyond ten or twelve years. Bacon hasmore decided euphuistical tendencies in his later these are most due to the influence of Euphues, Montaigne,or Cornwallis is hard to determine; hut certainly they beardecided resemblance to Montaigne. For instance,in the 1625edition,Of Pactions contains fourteen lines of historical ex-amples which do not appear in the earlier editions. Of Studies underwent similar changes, having lines like the following added: o Like as Diseases of the Body, may have appropriate Exercise, Bowling is good for the Reines; Shooting for the Lungs and Breast; 3 Gentle Walking for the stomache. Friendship has sixpages added in the 1625 edition, twe pages of the increase beingdue to historical examples and another page to Latin quotations. Whatever the source of these changes, the fact remainsthat a mannerism of style,
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