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gally

[ gal-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, Chiefly Dialect.

, gal·lied, gal·ly·ing.

Origin of gally¹

1695–1705; compare earlier gallow, apparently representing Old English agælwan to frighten

Section I of Gally's essay, thoroughly conventional in nature, is omitted here.

It is Gally's concept of the character as an art-form, however, which is most interesting to the modern scholar.

Gally breaks sharply with earlier character-writers like Overbury who, he thinks, have departed from the Theophrastan method.

Human nature, says Gally, is full of subtle shadings and agreeable variations which the v character ought to exploit.

Gally's essay thus reflects fundamental changes in the English attitude toward human nature and its literary representation.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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