Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 oldal |
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20. oldal
... true or false , and on their incon- sistency with certain acknowledged maxims , whether right or It is , therefore , a fair test , if not a philosophical or abstract truth , at least of what is truth according to public opinion and ...
... true or false , and on their incon- sistency with certain acknowledged maxims , whether right or It is , therefore , a fair test , if not a philosophical or abstract truth , at least of what is truth according to public opinion and ...
22. oldal
... true and false wit . Mr. Addison , indeed , goes so far as to make it the exclu- sive test of true wit that it will bear translation into another lan- guage , that is to say , that it does not depend at all on the form of expression ...
... true and false wit . Mr. Addison , indeed , goes so far as to make it the exclu- sive test of true wit that it will bear translation into another lan- guage , that is to say , that it does not depend at all on the form of expression ...
23. oldal
... true analogies . A slight cause is sufficient to produce a slight effect . To be in- different or sceptical , requires no effort ; to be enthusiastic and in earnest , requires a strong impulse , and collective power . Wit and humour ...
... true analogies . A slight cause is sufficient to produce a slight effect . To be in- different or sceptical , requires no effort ; to be enthusiastic and in earnest , requires a strong impulse , and collective power . Wit and humour ...
30. oldal
... true spirit of original genius , is , in my judgment , the master - piece of Molière . The set speeches in the original play , it is true , would not be borne on the English stage , nor indeed on the French , but that they are carried ...
... true spirit of original genius , is , in my judgment , the master - piece of Molière . The set speeches in the original play , it is true , would not be borne on the English stage , nor indeed on the French , but that they are carried ...
38. oldal
... true and false pretensions to taste and elegance ; its lash is laid on with the utmost severity , to drive before it the common herd of knaves and fools , not to lacerate and terrify the single stragglers . In a word , it is when folly ...
... true and false pretensions to taste and elegance ; its lash is laid on with the utmost severity , to drive before it the common herd of knaves and fools , not to lacerate and terrify the single stragglers . In a word , it is when folly ...
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