Lectures on the English Comic WritersTaylor & Hessey, 1819 - 436 oldal |
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2. oldal
... comedy - sad or merry , as it hap- pens . The crimes and misfortunes that are in- separable from it , shock and wound the mind when they once seize upon it , and when the pres- sure can no longer be borne , seek relief in tears : the ...
... comedy - sad or merry , as it hap- pens . The crimes and misfortunes that are in- separable from it , shock and wound the mind when they once seize upon it , and when the pres- sure can no longer be borne , seek relief in tears : the ...
21. oldal
... comedy turns upon this . Most of the adventures , diffi- culties , demurs , hair - breadth ' scapes , disguises , deceptions , blunders , disappointments , successes , excuses , all the dextrous manoeuvres , artful inu- endos ...
... comedy turns upon this . Most of the adventures , diffi- culties , demurs , hair - breadth ' scapes , disguises , deceptions , blunders , disappointments , successes , excuses , all the dextrous manoeuvres , artful inu- endos ...
22. oldal
... comedy , without which it would be worthless and insipid . It makes Horner decent , and Millamant divine . It is the jest between Tattle and Miss Prue . It is the bait with which Olivia , in the Plain Dealer , plays with honest Manly ...
... comedy , without which it would be worthless and insipid . It makes Horner decent , and Millamant divine . It is the jest between Tattle and Miss Prue . It is the bait with which Olivia , in the Plain Dealer , plays with honest Manly ...
44. oldal
... comedy better than a tragedy , a farce better than a comedy , a panto- mime better than a farce , but a puppet - show best of all . " I look upon it , that he who invented puppet - shows was a greater benefactor to his spe- cies , than ...
... comedy better than a tragedy , a farce better than a comedy , a panto- mime better than a farce , but a puppet - show best of all . " I look upon it , that he who invented puppet - shows was a greater benefactor to his spe- cies , than ...
51. oldal
... comedy . If each of the parties had retained a special pleader to speak his sentiments , they could not have appeared more verbose or intricate . The improbability of the character of Orgon is wonderful . This play is in one point of ...
... comedy . If each of the parties had retained a special pleader to speak his sentiments , they could not have appeared more verbose or intricate . The improbability of the character of Orgon is wonderful . This play is in one point of ...
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