We shall probably not arrive at any definition which can be applied as an infallible touchstone to distinguish the dramatic from the undramatic.

J.M. Barrie long ago made a criticism on Rudyard Kipling which has always stayed by me as one of the most useful of critical touchstones.

yet let these passages appear, with a casting weight of allowance, and their absurdity will not be so extravagant, as when examined by the literal touchstone.

but I see you are taking the same view as the police, who persist in regarding a finger-print as a kind of magical touchstone, a final proof, beyond which inquiry need not go.

A mighty touchstone has been applied to these earthly orbs since then, and the power to discriminate has been given to my soul.

I call him my testthe touchstone by which I try a friend.