Lectures on the English Comic WritersDoubleday, 1960 - 239 oldal |
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... means the case . Swift would hardly have allowed of such a strait - laced theory , to make havoc with his darling conundrums ; though there is no one whose serious wit is more that of things , as opposed to a mere play either of words ...
... means the case . Swift would hardly have allowed of such a strait - laced theory , to make havoc with his darling conundrums ; though there is no one whose serious wit is more that of things , as opposed to a mere play either of words ...
47. oldal
... means assist to deliver the one into the hands of the other . Those who cannot be persuaded to draw a veil over the ... mean , I will take the inimitable and affecting , though most absurd and ludicrous dialogue , be- tween Shallow and ...
... means assist to deliver the one into the hands of the other . Those who cannot be persuaded to draw a veil over the ... mean , I will take the inimitable and affecting , though most absurd and ludicrous dialogue , be- tween Shallow and ...
230. oldal
... means in our favour : for though I think that the grossness of manners prevailing in our fash- ionable comedies was a direct transcript of the manners of the court at the time , or in the period immediately preceding , yet the same ...
... means in our favour : for though I think that the grossness of manners prevailing in our fash- ionable comedies was a direct transcript of the manners of the court at the time , or in the period immediately preceding , yet the same ...
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