Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 oldal |
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... nature and acci- dent ; wit is the product of art and fancy . Humour , as it is shown in books , is an imitation of the natural or acquired ab- surdities of mankind , or of the ludicrous in accident , situation , and character ; wit is ...
... nature and acci- dent ; wit is the product of art and fancy . Humour , as it is shown in books , is an imitation of the natural or acquired ab- surdities of mankind , or of the ludicrous in accident , situation , and character ; wit is ...
29. oldal
... nature , refinement of character , or common probability . The plots of several of them could not be carried on for a moment without a perfect collusion between the parties to wink at contradictions , and act in defiance of the evi ...
... nature , refinement of character , or common probability . The plots of several of them could not be carried on for a moment without a perfect collusion between the parties to wink at contradictions , and act in defiance of the evi ...
32. oldal
... natural . This is only saying that a comedy is not so serious a thing as a tra- gedy . But that he showed a greater ... Nature , in her greatest heights and depths 6 6 of action and suffering . There is but 32 ON SHAKSPEARE AND BEN ...
... natural . This is only saying that a comedy is not so serious a thing as a tra- gedy . But that he showed a greater ... Nature , in her greatest heights and depths 6 6 of action and suffering . There is but 32 ON SHAKSPEARE AND BEN ...
38. oldal
... nature look as mean , as ridiculous , and contemptible as possible . It is in this respect , chiefly , that it differs from the comedy of a later , and ( what is called ) a more refined period . Genteel comedy is the comedy of fash ...
... nature look as mean , as ridiculous , and contemptible as possible . It is in this respect , chiefly , that it differs from the comedy of a later , and ( what is called ) a more refined period . Genteel comedy is the comedy of fash ...
40. oldal
... nature , was lost ( as it afterwards was ) in a general diffusion of knowledge , and the reciprocal advanta- ges of ... natural and artificial life , between the world of fancy and the world of fash- ion . The refinements of romantic ...
... nature , was lost ( as it afterwards was ) in a general diffusion of knowledge , and the reciprocal advanta- ges of ... natural and artificial life , between the world of fancy and the world of fash- ion . The refinements of romantic ...
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