Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ. Templeman, 1841 - 392 sivua |
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Sivu 9
... figure of an alderman in a pantomime , and at the tale of Slaukenbergius . A dwarf standing by a giant makes a contemptible figure enough . Rosinante and Dapple are laughable from con- trast , as their masters from the same principle ...
... figure of an alderman in a pantomime , and at the tale of Slaukenbergius . A dwarf standing by a giant makes a contemptible figure enough . Rosinante and Dapple are laughable from con- trast , as their masters from the same principle ...
Sivu 45
... figures , no bigger than one's thumb , strut , squeak , and gibber , sing , dance , chatter , scold , knock one another about the head , give themselves airs of importance , and " imitate humanity most abominably , " without laughing ...
... figures , no bigger than one's thumb , strut , squeak , and gibber , sing , dance , chatter , scold , knock one another about the head , give themselves airs of importance , and " imitate humanity most abominably , " without laughing ...
Sivu 47
... figure of fleeting air . Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story , or in seasonable application of a trivial saying , or in forging an apposite tale ; sometimes it playeth in words and phrases , taking advantage from the ...
... figure of fleeting air . Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story , or in seasonable application of a trivial saying , or in forging an apposite tale ; sometimes it playeth in words and phrases , taking advantage from the ...
Sivu 92
... figures as I walk * * * I'll have of perfumes , vapoured about the room To lose ourselves in ; and my baths like pits To fall into ; from whence we will come forth And roll us dry in gossamer and roses . Is it arriv'd at ruby ? Where I ...
... figures as I walk * * * I'll have of perfumes , vapoured about the room To lose ourselves in ; and my baths like pits To fall into ; from whence we will come forth And roll us dry in gossamer and roses . Is it arriv'd at ruby ? Where I ...
Sivu 98
... figure , by genus and specific differ- ence ; and was the logic of the schools , or an oblique and forced construction of dry , literal matter - of - fact , decked out in a robe of glittering conceits , and clogged with the halting ...
... figure , by genus and specific differ- ence ; and was the logic of the schools , or an oblique and forced construction of dry , literal matter - of - fact , decked out in a robe of glittering conceits , and clogged with the halting ...
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