Lectures on the English Comic WritersDoubleday, 1960 - 239 oldal |
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... English comedy from the time of Farquhar . For this several causes might be assigned in the political and moral changes of the times ; but among other minor ones , Jeremy Collier , in his View of the English Stage , frightened the poets ...
... English comedy from the time of Farquhar . For this several causes might be assigned in the political and moral changes of the times ; but among other minor ones , Jeremy Collier , in his View of the English Stage , frightened the poets ...
162. oldal
... English . What they are most remarkable for , is neither sentiment , nor imagination , nor wit , nor even humour , though there is an immense deal of this last quality ; but pro- found knowledge of human nature , at least of English ...
... English . What they are most remarkable for , is neither sentiment , nor imagination , nor wit , nor even humour , though there is an immense deal of this last quality ; but pro- found knowledge of human nature , at least of English ...
172. oldal
... English conversational style . His works consist only of morceaux - of brilliant passages . I wonder that Goldsmith , who ought to have known better , should call him " a dull fellow . " His wit is poignant , though artificial ; and his ...
... English conversational style . His works consist only of morceaux - of brilliant passages . I wonder that Goldsmith , who ought to have known better , should call him " a dull fellow . " His wit is poignant , though artificial ; and his ...
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