Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 sivua |
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... observing how saucy the fellow was , said to the gentleman , " Sir , if you will lend me your cane for a moment , I'll give him a good threshing for his impertinence . " The old gentleman , smiling at the proposal , handed him his cane ...
... observing how saucy the fellow was , said to the gentleman , " Sir , if you will lend me your cane for a moment , I'll give him a good threshing for his impertinence . " The old gentleman , smiling at the proposal , handed him his cane ...
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... observe , that " certain modern poets would be read and admired when Homer and Virgil were forgotten , " made answer ... observing how tall his trees grew- " That they had nothing else to do , " was a quaint mixture of wit and humour ...
... observe , that " certain modern poets would be read and admired when Homer and Virgil were forgotten , " made answer ... observing how tall his trees grew- " That they had nothing else to do , " was a quaint mixture of wit and humour ...
Sivu 18
... observation , as in discriminating be- tween pretence and practice , between appearance and reality , is common to ... observe differently the things that pass through their imagina- tion . And whereas in this succession of thoughts ...
... observation , as in discriminating be- tween pretence and practice , between appearance and reality , is common to ... observe differently the things that pass through their imagina- tion . And whereas in this succession of thoughts ...
Sivu 25
... observation , which consists in the acute illustration of good sense and practical wisdom by means of some far - fetched conceit or quaint imagery . The mat- ter is sense , but the form is wit . Thus the lines in Pope- " Tis with our ...
... observation , which consists in the acute illustration of good sense and practical wisdom by means of some far - fetched conceit or quaint imagery . The mat- ter is sense , but the form is wit . Thus the lines in Pope- " Tis with our ...
Sivu 41
... observation , and an acquaintance with the modes of arti- ficial life , to describe it with the utmost possible grace and pre- cision . Congreve , who had every other opportunity , was but a young man when he wrote this character ; and ...
... observation , and an acquaintance with the modes of arti- ficial life , to describe it with the utmost possible grace and pre- cision . Congreve , who had every other opportunity , was but a young man when he wrote this character ; and ...
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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.