Lectures on the English Comic WritersG. Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1951 - 248 oldal |
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... common sense ; for it can only expose to instantaneous contempt that which is condemned by public opinion , and is hostile to the common sense of mankind . Or , to put it differently , it is the test of the quantity of truth that there ...
... common sense ; for it can only expose to instantaneous contempt that which is condemned by public opinion , and is hostile to the common sense of mankind . Or , to put it differently , it is the test of the quantity of truth that there ...
43. oldal
... common herd of knaves and fools , not to lacerate and terrify the single stragglers . In a word , it is when folly is epidemic , and vice worn as a mark of distinc- tion , that all the malice of wit and humour is called out and ...
... common herd of knaves and fools , not to lacerate and terrify the single stragglers . In a word , it is when folly is epidemic , and vice worn as a mark of distinc- tion , that all the malice of wit and humour is called out and ...
115. oldal
... common sense . - Secondly , that the stage cannot shock common decency , according to the notions that prevail of it in any age or country , because the exhibition is public . If the pulpit , for instance , had banished all vice and ...
... common sense . - Secondly , that the stage cannot shock common decency , according to the notions that prevail of it in any age or country , because the exhibition is public . If the pulpit , for instance , had banished all vice and ...
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LECTURE PAGE | 1 |
ON SHAKESPEARE AND BEN JONSON | 36 |
ON COWLEY BUTLER SUCKLING ETHER | 61 |
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