Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 sivua |
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... style I shall have occasion to speak here- after . 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'es ...
... style I shall have occasion to speak here- after . 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'es ...
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... style . Among other things , this little piece contains an exquisite , and almost unanswerable defence of the superiority of comedy over tragedy . Molière was to be excused for taking this side of the question . cate . 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 . Molière was to be excused for taking this side of the question . cate . A writer of some ...
Sivu 42
... style is as dry , as literal , and meagre , as Shakspeare's is exuberant , liberal , and unrestrained . The one labours hard , lashes himself up , 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 unrestrained . The one labours hard , lashes himself up , and produces little pleasure with all his fidelity and tenaciousness of purpose the other ...
Sivu 48
... style of comic dialogue . But I must refer to the play itself for them . ' Volpone , or the Fox , ' is his best play . It is prolix and im- probable , but intense and powerful . It is written con amore . It is made up of cheats and ...
... style of comic dialogue . But I must refer to the play itself for them . ' Volpone , or the Fox , ' is his best play . It is prolix and im- probable , but intense and powerful . It is written con amore . It is made up of cheats and ...
Sivu 54
... style and execution to anything 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 possession of it . They show the utmost alacrity of invention in ...
... style and execution to anything 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 possession of it . They show the utmost alacrity of invention in ...
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