"Expunction" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of a new branch of art in play concoction, which may be called "dramatic distillation." By this process the essence of two or more old comedies is extracted; their characters and plots amalgamated; and the whole "rectified" by the careful expunction of equivocal passages. Finally, the drame is offered to the public in active potions; five of which ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, November 27, 1841 • Various |
