Lectures on the English Comic WritersDoubleday, 1960 - 239 oldal |
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... delight thereto . It raiseth admiration , as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension , a special felicity of invention , a vivacity of spirit , and reach of wit more than vulgar : it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts ...
... delight thereto . It raiseth admiration , as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension , a special felicity of invention , a vivacity of spirit , and reach of wit more than vulgar : it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts ...
143. oldal
... delightful humour . - What most distin- guishes Dr. Johnson from other writers is the pomp and uni- formity of his style . All his periods are cast in the same mould , are of the same size and shape , and consequently have little ...
... delightful humour . - What most distin- guishes Dr. Johnson from other writers is the pomp and uni- formity of his style . All his periods are cast in the same mould , are of the same size and shape , and consequently have little ...
229. oldal
... delightful as any thing in fiction or romance ; and is the evident origin of Mr. Burke's celebrated apostrophe to ... delight of talking of the ornaments of his art , and a wish to share his pleasure with the reader . I wish I could ...
... delightful as any thing in fiction or romance ; and is the evident origin of Mr. Burke's celebrated apostrophe to ... delight of talking of the ornaments of his art , and a wish to share his pleasure with the reader . I wish I could ...
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absurdity acter admirable affectation amusing appear archy and mehitabel beauty Ben Jonson BRASS character Charlotte Brontë colour comedy common Congreve delightful DICK Dolphin Masters Don Quixote dramatic dress elegance Epicene equally excellent extravagance eyes face fancy farce feeling folly Francis Turner Palgrave genius Gil Blas give grace heart Hogarth Honoré de Balzac Hudibras idea imagination imitation instance interest invention Johnson Lady laugh lively look Lord lover ludicrous Madam manners mind mistress moral never night novel object original painted passion person play pleasure poem poet poetry pretensions Rake's Progress reason refinement Richard Brinsley Sheridan ridiculous romantic satire scene School for Scandal seems sense sentiment serious Shakspeare shew sort Spectator spirit stage story style Tartuffe Tatler thee thing thou thought tion Tom Jones truth turn vice whole wife WILD words Wycherley