Lectures on the English Comic WritersTaylor & Hessey, 1819 - 436 oldal |
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9. oldal
... friend . " There is something in the mis- fortunes of our best friends that pleases us . " We laugh at people on the top of a stage - coach , or in it , if they seem in great extremity . It is hard to hinder children from laughing at a ...
... friend . " There is something in the mis- fortunes of our best friends that pleases us . " We laugh at people on the top of a stage - coach , or in it , if they seem in great extremity . It is hard to hinder children from laughing at a ...
34. oldal
... friends , and the other to himself . The fine sar- casm of Junius on the effect of the supposed in- gratitude of the Duke of Grafton at court- " The instance might be painful , but the principle would please ” —notwithstanding the ...
... friends , and the other to himself . The fine sar- casm of Junius on the effect of the supposed in- gratitude of the Duke of Grafton at court- " The instance might be painful , but the principle would please ” —notwithstanding the ...
51. oldal
... friends , near the opening of the play , are admirable satires , ( as good as Pope's characters of women , ) but not exactly in the spirit of comic dialogue . The strictures of Rousseau on this play , in his Letter to D'Alem- bert , are ...
... friends , near the opening of the play , are admirable satires , ( as good as Pope's characters of women , ) but not exactly in the spirit of comic dialogue . The strictures of Rousseau on this play , in his Letter to D'Alem- bert , are ...
58. oldal
... friends shew amazing gaiety , frankness , and volubility of tongue , but we think no more of them when the poet takes the words out of his mouth , and gives the descrip- tion of Queen Mab . Touchstone , again , is a shrewd biting fellow ...
... friends shew amazing gaiety , frankness , and volubility of tongue , but we think no more of them when the poet takes the words out of his mouth , and gives the descrip- tion of Queen Mab . Touchstone , again , is a shrewd biting fellow ...
79. oldal
... friend at all ; or if a friend , to thee . " Of Shakspeare's comedies I have already given a detailed account , which is before the public , and which I shall not repeat of course : but I shall give a cursory sketch of the principal of ...
... friend at all ; or if a friend , to thee . " Of Shakspeare's comedies I have already given a detailed account , which is before the public , and which I shall not repeat of course : but I shall give a cursory sketch of the principal of ...
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