Lectures on the English Comic WritersDoubleday, 1960 - 239 oldal |
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22. oldal
... striking point of view . Wit , as distinguished from poetry , is the imagination or fancy inverted , and so applied to given objects , as to make the little look less , the mean more light and worthless ; or to divert our admiration or ...
... striking point of view . Wit , as distinguished from poetry , is the imagination or fancy inverted , and so applied to given objects , as to make the little look less , the mean more light and worthless ; or to divert our admiration or ...
61. oldal
... striking dramatic contrasts in this play , where the Fox lies perdue to watch his prey , where Mosca is the dextrous go - between , outwitting his gulls , his employer , and himself , and where each of the gaping legacy - hunters , the ...
... striking dramatic contrasts in this play , where the Fox lies perdue to watch his prey , where Mosca is the dextrous go - between , outwitting his gulls , his employer , and himself , and where each of the gaping legacy - hunters , the ...
72. oldal
... striking or agreeable , or not , so that it would puzzle the reader to discover the meaning , and if there was the most remote circumstance , however trifling or vague , for the pretended com- parison to hinge upon . They brought ideas ...
... striking or agreeable , or not , so that it would puzzle the reader to discover the meaning , and if there was the most remote circumstance , however trifling or vague , for the pretended com- parison to hinge upon . They brought ideas ...
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