Lectures on the English Comic WritersTaylor & Hessey, 1819 - 436 oldal |
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40. oldal
... vice and infirmity in our nature , and play upon it with periodical success . The meanest weapons are strong enough for this kind of warfare , and the meanest hands can wield them . Spleen can subsist on any kind of food . The shadow of ...
... vice and infirmity in our nature , and play upon it with periodical success . The meanest weapons are strong enough for this kind of warfare , and the meanest hands can wield them . Spleen can subsist on any kind of food . The shadow of ...
42. oldal
... slave , he looked askance at human nature , and beheld its weaknesses and errors transferred to another species . Vice and virtue were to him as plain as any objects of sense . He saw in man a talking , absurd 42 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... slave , he looked askance at human nature , and beheld its weaknesses and errors transferred to another species . Vice and virtue were to him as plain as any objects of sense . He saw in man a talking , absurd 42 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
60. oldal
... Vice , and would by no means assist to deliver the one into the hands of the other . Those who cannot be persuaded to draw a veil over the foibles of ideal characters , may be suspect- 1 ed of wearing a mask over their own ! 60 ON ...
... Vice , and would by no means assist to deliver the one into the hands of the other . Those who cannot be persuaded to draw a veil over the foibles of ideal characters , may be suspect- 1 ed of wearing a mask over their own ! 60 ON ...
64. oldal
... vice . The fault , then , of Shakspeare's comic Muse is , in my opinion , that it is too good - natured and magnanimous . It mounts above its quarry . It is 66 apprehensive , quick , forgetive , full of nimble , fiery , and delectable ...
... vice . The fault , then , of Shakspeare's comic Muse is , in my opinion , that it is too good - natured and magnanimous . It mounts above its quarry . It is 66 apprehensive , quick , forgetive , full of nimble , fiery , and delectable ...
65. oldal
... vice worn as a mark of distinction , that all the malice of wit and humour is called out and justified to detect the imposture , and prevent the contagion from spreading . The fools in Wycherley and Congreve are of their own , or one ...
... vice worn as a mark of distinction , that all the malice of wit and humour is called out and justified to detect the imposture , and prevent the contagion from spreading . The fools in Wycherley and Congreve are of their own , or one ...
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