Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 oldal |
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6. oldal
... Lord Foppington's in- sensibility to ridicule , and airs of ineffable self - conceit , are no less admirable ; and Joseph Surface's cant maxims of morality , when once disarmed of their power to do hurt , become suffi- ciently ludicrous ...
... Lord Foppington's in- sensibility to ridicule , and airs of ineffable self - conceit , are no less admirable ; and Joseph Surface's cant maxims of morality , when once disarmed of their power to do hurt , become suffi- ciently ludicrous ...
17. oldal
... Lord Mayor's show- " Now night descending , the proud scene is o'er ; But lives in Settle's numbers one day more . " This is certainly as mortifying an inversion of the idea of poeti- cal immortality as could be thought of : it fixes ...
... Lord Mayor's show- " Now night descending , the proud scene is o'er ; But lives in Settle's numbers one day more . " This is certainly as mortifying an inversion of the idea of poeti- cal immortality as could be thought of : it fixes ...
39. oldal
... Lord Foppington , who is " the prince of coxcombs , " and " proud of being at the head of so prevailing a party , " de- serves his fate . I am not for going so far as to pronounce Shak- speare's manners damnable , because he had not ...
... Lord Foppington , who is " the prince of coxcombs , " and " proud of being at the head of so prevailing a party , " de- serves his fate . I am not for going so far as to pronounce Shak- speare's manners damnable , because he had not ...
40. oldal
... Lord Foppington , Sir Tunbelly Clumsy , and Miss Hoyden ; Lady Townly , Count Basset , and John Moody ; in Congreve's Millamant , Lady Wishfort , Witwoud , Sir Wilful Witwoud , and the rest . In another point of view , or with respect ...
... Lord Foppington , Sir Tunbelly Clumsy , and Miss Hoyden ; Lady Townly , Count Basset , and John Moody ; in Congreve's Millamant , Lady Wishfort , Witwoud , Sir Wilful Witwoud , and the rest . In another point of view , or with respect ...
52. oldal
... lords the affront . * * * Face . At his prayers , Sir , he ; Good man , he's doing his devotions For the success . Mam . Lungs , I will set a period Where's thy master ? To all thy labours ; thou shalt be the master Of my seraglio For I ...
... lords the affront . * * * Face . At his prayers , Sir , he ; Good man , he's doing his devotions For the success . Mam . Lungs , I will set a period Where's thy master ? To all thy labours ; thou shalt be the master Of my seraglio For I ...
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