Lectures on the English Comic WritersG. Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1951 - 248 oldal |
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viii. oldal
... style . His son declares that " he could scarcely at the outset see his way two sentences before him " ; and , in truth , though fluent and even eloquent , his actual construction is frequently awkward , and he probably always found the ...
... style . His son declares that " he could scarcely at the outset see his way two sentences before him " ; and , in truth , though fluent and even eloquent , his actual construction is frequently awkward , and he probably always found the ...
89. oldal
... style of comedy ( which I think the best ) are undoubtedly Wycherley , Congreve , Vanbrugh , and Farquhar . The dawn was in Etherege , as its latest close was in Sheridan . — It is hard to say which of these four is best , or in what ...
... style of comedy ( which I think the best ) are undoubtedly Wycherley , Congreve , Vanbrugh , and Farquhar . The dawn was in Etherege , as its latest close was in Sheridan . — It is hard to say which of these four is best , or in what ...
131. oldal
... style . All his periods are cast in the same mould , are of the same size and shape , and consequently have little fitness to the variety of things he professes to treat of . His subjects are familiar , but the author is always upon ...
... style . All his periods are cast in the same mould , are of the same size and shape , and consequently have little fitness to the variety of things he professes to treat of . His subjects are familiar , but the author is always upon ...
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