Lectures on the English Comic Writers: Delivered at the Surry InstitutionM. Carey and Son, 1819 - 343 oldal |
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33. oldal
... true or false , and on their inconsistency with certain ac- knowledged maxims , whether right or wrong . It is , therefore , a fair test , if not of philosophical or abstract truth , at least of what is truth according to public opinion ...
... true or false , and on their inconsistency with certain ac- knowledged maxims , whether right or wrong . It is , therefore , a fair test , if not of philosophical or abstract truth , at least of what is truth according to public opinion ...
37. oldal
... true and false wit . Mr. Addison , indeed , goes so far as to make it the exclusive test of true wit that it will bear translation into another language , that is to say , that it does not depend at all on the form of expression . But ...
... true and false wit . Mr. Addison , indeed , goes so far as to make it the exclusive test of true wit that it will bear translation into another language , that is to say , that it does not depend at all on the form of expression . But ...
39. oldal
... true analogies . A slight cause is sufficient to produce a slight effect . To be indif- ferent or sceptical , requires no effort ; to be enthusiastic and in earnest , requires a strong impulse , and collective power . Wit and hu- mour ...
... true analogies . A slight cause is sufficient to produce a slight effect . To be indif- ferent or sceptical , requires no effort ; to be enthusiastic and in earnest , requires a strong impulse , and collective power . Wit and hu- mour ...
52. oldal
... true spirit of original genius , is , in my judgment , the master- piece of Moliere . The set speeches in the original play , it is true , would not be borne on the English stage , nor indeed on the French , but that they are carried ...
... true spirit of original genius , is , in my judgment , the master- piece of Moliere . The set speeches in the original play , it is true , would not be borne on the English stage , nor indeed on the French , but that they are carried ...
65. oldal
... true and false pretensions to taste and elegance ; its lash is laid on with the utmost severity , to drive before it the common herd of knaves and fools , not to lacerate and terrify the single stragglers . In a word , it is when folly ...
... true and false pretensions to taste and elegance ; its lash is laid on with the utmost severity , to drive before it the common herd of knaves and fools , not to lacerate and terrify the single stragglers . In a word , it is when folly ...
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