Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 oldal |
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3. oldal
... eye glistens , and it vents its little sorrow ( grown too big to be concealed ) in a flood of tears . Again , if the ... eyes sparkle , his tongue falter or be mute , but in either case the tears will gush to his relief , and lighten the ...
... eye glistens , and it vents its little sorrow ( grown too big to be concealed ) in a flood of tears . Again , if the ... eyes sparkle , his tongue falter or be mute , but in either case the tears will gush to his relief , and lighten the ...
9. oldal
... eye . The history of hobby - horses is equally instructive and delightful ; and after the pair I have just alluded to , My Uncle Toby's is one of the best and gentlest that " ever lifted leg ! " The inconveniences , odd accidents ...
... eye . The history of hobby - horses is equally instructive and delightful ; and after the pair I have just alluded to , My Uncle Toby's is one of the best and gentlest that " ever lifted leg ! " The inconveniences , odd accidents ...
12. oldal
... eye to this to the obtaining of those " favours secret , sweet , and precious , " in which love and pleasure consist , and which when attained , and the equivoque is at an end , the curtain drops , and the play is over . All the ...
... eye to this to the obtaining of those " favours secret , sweet , and precious , " in which love and pleasure consist , and which when attained , and the equivoque is at an end , the curtain drops , and the play is over . All the ...
13. oldal
... eye , tongue , sword , the glass of fashion and the mould of form , " have all a view to this . It is the closet of Blue- Beard . It is the life and soul of Wycherley , Congreve , Van- brugh , and Farquhar's plays . It is the salt of ...
... eye , tongue , sword , the glass of fashion and the mould of form , " have all a view to this . It is the closet of Blue- Beard . It is the life and soul of Wycherley , Congreve , Van- brugh , and Farquhar's plays . It is the salt of ...
14. oldal
... eyes , And from his couch prepared to rise , Resolving to dispatch the deed He vow'd to do with trusty speed . " Compare this with the following stanzas in Spenser , treating of the same subject : - " By this the Northern Wagoner had ...
... eyes , And from his couch prepared to rise , Resolving to dispatch the deed He vow'd to do with trusty speed . " Compare this with the following stanzas in Spenser , treating of the same subject : - " By this the Northern Wagoner had ...
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absurdity admirable affectation amusing appearance beauty Ben Jonson Brass Caleb Williams character circumstances comedy COMIC WRITERS common Congreve Conscious Lovers delightful Dick Don Quixote double entendre dramatic dress elegance equally excellence extravagance eyes face fancy farce feeling folly genius Gil Blas give grace heart Hogarth Hudibras human nature idea imagination imitation insipid instance interest invention Johnson kind Lady laugh look Lord lover ludicrous Malaprop manners Millamant mind mistress moral novel object original painted passion person piece play pleasure plot poet poetry pretensions reason refinement ridiculous satire scene School for Scandal seems sense sentiment serious Shakspeare sion Sir Andrew Ague-cheek sort Spectator spirit stage Stoops to Conquer story style Tartuffe Tatler thee things thought tion Tom Jones truth turn vice Volpone vulgar whole wife WILLIAM HAZLITT words Wycherley young
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37. oldal - tis certain ; very sure, very sure : death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all ; all shall die.
24. oldal - The hedge-sparrow fed the cuckoo so long, That it had its head bit off by its young.
72. oldal - ... lover? Prithee why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee why so pale? Why so dull and mute, young sinner? Prithee why so mute? Will, when speaking well can't win her, Saying nothing do't?
69. oldal - tis my outward soul, Viceroy to that, which then to heaven being gone, Will leave this to control And keep these limbs, her provinces, from dissolution.
68. oldal - tis some bravery. That since you would save none of me, I bury some of you. The Blossom Little thinkst thou, poor flower. Whom I have watched six or seven days, And seen thy birth, and seen what every hour Gave to thy growth, thee to this height to raise, And now dost laugh and triumph on this bough, Little thinkst thou That it will freeze anon, and that I shall Tomorrow find thee fall'n, or not at all...
14. oldal - The sun had long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap, And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn...
18. oldal - Wit lying most in the assemblage of Ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant Pictures, and agreeable Visions in the fancy...
62. oldal - Do we succeed? Is our day come? and holds it? Face. The evening will set red upon you, sir; You have colour for it, crimson : the red ferment Has done, his office; three hours hence prepare you To see projection. Mam. Pertinax, my Surly, Again I say to thee aloud, Be rich. This day thou shalt have ingots; and to-morrow Give lords th
77. oldal - Drinks up the sea, and when he 's done. The Moon and Stars drink up the Sun: They drink and dance by their own light, They drink and revel all the night: Nothing in Nature 's sober found, But an eternal health goes round.
94. oldal - Beauty the lover's gift! Lord, what is a lover, that it can give? Why, one makes lovers as fast as one pleases, and they live as long as one pleases, and they die as soon as one pleases; and then, if one pleases, one makes more.