Lectures on the English Comic Writers with Miscellaneous EssaysJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1963 - 346 oldal |
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45. oldal
... scene in which Brain - worm praises Master Stephen's leg . The folly here is insipid from its being seemingly carried to an excess , till we see it ; and then we laugh the more at it , the more incredible we thought it before ...
... scene in which Brain - worm praises Master Stephen's leg . The folly here is insipid from its being seemingly carried to an excess , till we see it ; and then we laugh the more at it , the more incredible we thought it before ...
79. oldal
... scene after scene , on the spur of the occasion , and from the immediate hold they take of his imagination at the moment , without any previous bias or ultimate purpose , much more powerfully , with more verve , and in a richer vein of ...
... scene after scene , on the spur of the occasion , and from the immediate hold they take of his imagination at the moment , without any previous bias or ultimate purpose , much more powerfully , with more verve , and in a richer vein of ...
310. oldal
... scene is ended , and the lights are ready to be extinguished . But the fair face of things still shines on ; shall we be called away , before the curtain falls , or ere we have scarce had a glimpse of what is going on ? Like children ...
... scene is ended , and the lights are ready to be extinguished . But the fair face of things still shines on ; shall we be called away , before the curtain falls , or ere we have scarce had a glimpse of what is going on ? Like children ...
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A. C. Cawley absurdity admiration affectation amusing appearance beauty Beggar's Opera Ben Jonson better Brentford character circumstances comedy comic common criticism delight Don Quixote Edited English equally ESSAYS Everyman's Library extravagance eyes face fancy favourite feeling folly genius gentleman Gerald Bullett Gil Blas give grace Hazlitt heart hero Hogarth Hudibras human humour idea imagination insipid instance interest J. G. Lockhart lady laugh live look Lord Lord Byron lover ludicrous manners means Millamant mind moral nature never novel object ourselves pain passion person play pleasure POEMS poet poetry present pretensions principle Rake's Progress reason refinement ridiculous romance satire scene School for Scandal seems self-love sense sentiment Shakspeare shew sort spirit stage story style supposed sympathy Tartuffe Tatler thing thought Tom Jones Translated truth turn vanity vols whole words writers