Lectures on the English Comic Writers, and Fugitive WritingsDent, 1963 - 346 oldal |
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69. oldal
... taken from the Duchess of Newcastle , is the best of his plays , and the origin of the Busy Body . Otway's comedies do no sort of credit to him : on the contrary , they are as desperate as his fortunes . The Duke of Buckingham's famous ...
... taken from the Duchess of Newcastle , is the best of his plays , and the origin of the Busy Body . Otway's comedies do no sort of credit to him : on the contrary , they are as desperate as his fortunes . The Duke of Buckingham's famous ...
216. oldal
... taken for granted that they must be amiable and interes- ting , in the first instance , and like other things that are taken for granted , is but indifferently , or indeed cannot be made out at all in the sequel . To put it to the proof ...
... taken for granted that they must be amiable and interes- ting , in the first instance , and like other things that are taken for granted , is but indifferently , or indeed cannot be made out at all in the sequel . To put it to the proof ...
236. oldal
... taken a pleasant revenge on their masters and mistresses without intending it ; but where the example of sordid saving and meanness set to them , having taken possession of those even who were victims to it , they have conscientiously ...
... taken a pleasant revenge on their masters and mistresses without intending it ; but where the example of sordid saving and meanness set to them , having taken possession of those even who were victims to it , they have conscientiously ...
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