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" Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body. "
King Henry VI. Part 3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus and ... - Page 1854
by William Shakespeare, Nicholas Rowe - 1709
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Shakespeare's Stagecraft

J. L. Styan - 1967 - 260 pages
...from his downstage position has ten strong lines in which to describe Cressida's characteristic walk: Fie, fie, upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body ... (54 ff.) These lines...
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Tradition, Undercut, and Discovery: Eight Essays on British Literature

Patrick D. Morrow - 1980 - 270 pages
...to war, and they greedily line up to kiss her. Ulysses accuses her, not the Greetts, of cheapness. "Fie, fie upon her: / There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip; / Nay, her foot speaks. Her wanton spirits look out / At every joint and motive of her body" (II. 53-57). We could...
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Troilus and Cressida

William Shakespeare - 1998 - 228 pages
...audience. in the desperately short period at Shakespeare's disposal. for her seduction by Diomedes. Fie. fie upon her! There's language in her eye. her cheek. her lip. Nay. her foot speaks: her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body. O. these encounterers. so...
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Shakespeare & the Uses of Comedy

Joseph Allen Bryant - 1986 - 300 pages
...to mean sensuality; at any rate, he is not prepared here to concede that she has any merit at all: Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip! Nay, her foot speaks; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body. O, these encounters, so...
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Addressing Frank Kermode: Essays in Criticism and Interpretation

Margaret Tudeau-Clayton, Martin Warner - 1991 - 240 pages
...precisely the same joke as the one at Cressida's expense in Troilus and Cressida (TV. v. 54-63): 'Ulysses. Fie, fie upon her! / There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip - / Nay, her foot speaks; her wanton spirits look out / At every joint and motive of her body. / O, these encounterers,...
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Ideological Approaches to Shakespeare: The Practice of Theory

Robert P. Merrix, Nicholas Ranson - 1992 - 320 pages
...in her becoming, to Ulysses, the harlot, the "grotesque body" which speaks its own language: Ulyss. Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip — Nay, her foot speaks; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body. O, these encounterers, so...
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Liberal Education and the Canon: Five Great Texts Speak to Contemporary ...

Laura Christian Ford - 1994 - 308 pages
...scene, Ulysses tells Nestor what he thinks of her in terms that almost say she asked for it: ULYSSES: Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body. O, these encounterers, so...
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Hamlet and Narcissus

John Russell - 1995 - 260 pages
...her current ones. Indeed, her flirtatiousness is so pronounced that Ulysses is prompted to exclaim, Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip; Nay, her foot speaks. Her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body. O, these encounterers, so...
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Perspectives on Renaissance Drama

Mary Beth Rose - 1995 - 208 pages
...his contempt for Cressida by refusing her the kiss she has not asked for, interprets her behavior: Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body. O, these encounterers, so...
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Folklore, Literature, and Cultural Theory: Collected Essays

Cathy Lynn Preston - 1995 - 294 pages
...about sexism and a good deal more. Writing Women: The Romance Writers of America 1992 Spring Conference Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip. Nay. her foot speaks; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body. — William Shakespeare...
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