Lectures on the English Comic WritersTaylor & Hessey, 1819 - 436 oldal |
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35. oldal
... style I shall have occasion to speak hereafter . - It is not always easy to distinguish between the wit of words and that of things . " For thin partitions do their bounds divide . " Some of the late Mr. Curran's bon mots or jeux d ...
... style I shall have occasion to speak hereafter . - It is not always easy to distinguish between the wit of words and that of things . " For thin partitions do their bounds divide . " Some of the late Mr. Curran's bon mots or jeux d ...
52. oldal
... style . Among other things , this little piece contains an exquisite , and almost unanswerable defence of the superiority of comedy over tragedy . Moliere was to be excused for taking this side of the question . A writer of some ...
... style . Among other things , this little piece contains an exquisite , and almost unanswerable defence of the superiority of comedy over tragedy . Moliere was to be excused for taking this side of the question . A writer of some ...
72. oldal
... style is as dry , as literal , and meagre , as Shakspeare's is exuberant , liberal , and unre- strained . The one labours hard , lashes himself and produces little pleasure with all his fidelity and tenaciousness of purpose : the other ...
... style is as dry , as literal , and meagre , as Shakspeare's is exuberant , liberal , and unre- strained . The one labours hard , lashes himself and produces little pleasure with all his fidelity and tenaciousness of purpose : the other ...
82. oldal
... style of comic dialogue . But I must refer to the play itself for them . The Fox , or Volpone , is his best play . It is prolix and improbable , but intense and powerful . It is written con amore . It is made up of cheats and dupes ...
... style of comic dialogue . But I must refer to the play itself for them . The Fox , or Volpone , is his best play . It is prolix and improbable , but intense and powerful . It is written con amore . It is made up of cheats and dupes ...
90. oldal
... style and execution to any thing of Ben Jonson's . They are , indeed , some of the best comedies on the stage ; and one proof that they are so , is , that they still hold pos- session of it . They shew the utmost alacrity of invention ...
... style and execution to any thing of Ben Jonson's . They are , indeed , some of the best comedies on the stage ; and one proof that they are so , is , that they still hold pos- session of it . They shew the utmost alacrity of invention ...
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