Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 sivua |
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... becomes the pathetic or tragical . The ludicrous , or comic , is the unexpected loosening or relaxing this stress below its usual pitch of intensity , by such an abrupt trans- position of the order of our ideas , as taking the mind ...
... becomes the pathetic or tragical . The ludicrous , or comic , is the unexpected loosening or relaxing this stress below its usual pitch of intensity , by such an abrupt trans- position of the order of our ideas , as taking the mind ...
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... become suffi- ciently ludicrous . We laugh at that in others which is a se- rious matter to ourselves ; because our self - love is stronger than our sympathy , sooner takes the alarm , and instantly turns our heedless mirth into gravity ...
... become suffi- ciently ludicrous . We laugh at that in others which is a se- rious matter to ourselves ; because our self - love is stronger than our sympathy , sooner takes the alarm , and instantly turns our heedless mirth into gravity ...
Sivu 36
... become a good scholar he is at Oxford still , is he not ? Silence . Indeed , sir , to my cost . Shallow . He must then to the inns of court shortly . I was once of Clement's inn ; where , I think , they will talk of mad Shallow yet ...
... become a good scholar he is at Oxford still , is he not ? Silence . Indeed , sir , to my cost . Shallow . He must then to the inns of court shortly . I was once of Clement's inn ; where , I think , they will talk of mad Shallow yet ...
Sivu 38
... becomes the ape of the extravagances of other men . The keenest edge of satire is re- quired to distinguish between ... become a public nuisance . Shakspeare , living in a state of greater rudeness and simplicity , chiefly gave certain ...
... becomes the ape of the extravagances of other men . The keenest edge of satire is re- quired to distinguish between ... become a public nuisance . Shakspeare , living in a state of greater rudeness and simplicity , chiefly gave certain ...
Sivu 41
... becomes . indifferent to her ; so many rivals , that she is forced to put on a thousand airs of languid affectation to mortify and vex them more ; so many offers , that she at last gives her hand to the man of her heart , rather to ...
... becomes . indifferent to her ; so many rivals , that she is forced to put on a thousand airs of languid affectation to mortify and vex them more ; so many offers , that she at last gives her hand to the man of her heart , rather to ...
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absurdity admirable affectation amusing appearance beauty Ben Jonson Brass Caleb Williams character circumstances comedy COMIC WRITERS common Congreve Conscious Lovers delightful Dick Don Quixote double entendre dramatic dress elegance equally excellence extravagance eyes face fancy farce feeling folly genius Gil Blas give grace heart Hogarth Hudibras human nature idea imagination imitation insipid instance interest invention Johnson kind Lady laugh look Lord lover ludicrous Malaprop manners Millamant mind mistress moral novel object original painted passion person piece play pleasure plot poet poetry pretensions reason refinement ridiculous satire scene School for Scandal seems sense sentiment serious Shakspeare sion Sir Andrew Ague-cheek sort Spectator spirit stage Stoops to Conquer story style Tartuffe Tatler thee things thought tion Tom Jones truth turn vice Volpone vulgar whole wife WILLIAM HAZLITT words Wycherley young
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Sivu 37 - tis certain ; very sure, very sure : death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all ; all shall die.
Sivu 24 - The hedge-sparrow fed the cuckoo so long, That it had its head bit off by its young.
Sivu 72 - ... lover? Prithee why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee why so pale? Why so dull and mute, young sinner? Prithee why so mute? Will, when speaking well can't win her, Saying nothing do't?
Sivu 69 - tis my outward soul, Viceroy to that, which then to heaven being gone, Will leave this to control And keep these limbs, her provinces, from dissolution.
Sivu 68 - tis some bravery. That since you would save none of me, I bury some of you. The Blossom Little thinkst thou, poor flower. Whom I have watched six or seven days, And seen thy birth, and seen what every hour Gave to thy growth, thee to this height to raise, And now dost laugh and triumph on this bough, Little thinkst thou That it will freeze anon, and that I shall Tomorrow find thee fall'n, or not at all...
Sivu 14 - The sun had long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap, And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn...
Sivu 18 - Wit lying most in the assemblage of Ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant Pictures, and agreeable Visions in the fancy...
Sivu 62 - Do we succeed? Is our day come? and holds it? Face. The evening will set red upon you, sir; You have colour for it, crimson : the red ferment Has done, his office; three hours hence prepare you To see projection. Mam. Pertinax, my Surly, Again I say to thee aloud, Be rich. This day thou shalt have ingots; and to-morrow Give lords th
Sivu 77 - Drinks up the sea, and when he 's done. The Moon and Stars drink up the Sun: They drink and dance by their own light, They drink and revel all the night: Nothing in Nature 's sober found, But an eternal health goes round.
Sivu 94 - Beauty the lover's gift! Lord, what is a lover, that it can give? Why, one makes lovers as fast as one pleases, and they live as long as one pleases, and they die as soon as one pleases; and then, if one pleases, one makes more.