Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ. Templeman, 1841 - 392 sivua |
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... delight- ful ; and after the pair I have just alluded to , My Uncle Toby's is one of the best and gentlest that " ever lifted leg ! " The inconveniences , odd accidents , falls , and bruises to which they expose their riders ...
... delight- ful ; and after the pair I have just alluded to , My Uncle Toby's is one of the best and gentlest that " ever lifted leg ! " The inconveniences , odd accidents , falls , and bruises to which they expose their riders ...
Sivu 44
... delightful to children and grown persons , and to all ages and nations , are almost miraculous . The invention of a fable is to me the most en- viable exertion of human genius it is the dis- covering a truth to which there is no clue ...
... delightful to children and grown persons , and to all ages and nations , are almost miraculous . The invention of a fable is to me the most en- viable exertion of human genius it is the dis- covering a truth to which there is no clue ...
Sivu 48
... delight thereto . It raiseth admiration , as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension , a special felicity of invention , a vivacity of spirit , and reach of wit more than vulgar : it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts ...
... delight thereto . It raiseth admiration , as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension , a special felicity of invention , a vivacity of spirit , and reach of wit more than vulgar : it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts ...
Sivu 57
... think , and suffer , in direst extremities ; whereas , I think , on the other hand , that in comedy , though his talents there too were as wonderful as they were delightful , yet that there were ON SHAKSPEARE AND BEN JONSON . 57.
... think , and suffer , in direst extremities ; whereas , I think , on the other hand , that in comedy , though his talents there too were as wonderful as they were delightful , yet that there were ON SHAKSPEARE AND BEN JONSON . 57.
Sivu 58
William Hazlitt. wonderful as they were delightful , yet that there were some before him , others on a level with him , and many close behind him . I can- not help thinking , for instance , that Molière was as great , or a greater comic ...
William Hazlitt. wonderful as they were delightful , yet that there were some before him , others on a level with him , and many close behind him . I can- not help thinking , for instance , that Molière was as great , or a greater comic ...
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absurdity admiration affectation amusing appearance beauty Ben Jonson Brass character comedy comic writers common Congreve critical delight Dick Don Quixote double entendre Dr Johnson dramatic dress elegance Epicene equally Essays excellence extravagance eyes face fancy farce feeling folly genius Gil Blas give grace Hazlitt heart Hogarth Hudibras human nature idea imagination imitation insipid instance interest invention Lady laugh lively look Lord lover ludicrous manners Millamant mind mistress Montaigne moral novel object observation original painted passion person piece play pleasure plot poet poetry PORTLAND STREET racters Rake's Progress reason refinement ridiculous romantic satire scene School for Scandal seems sense sentiment serious Serjeant Talfourd Shakspeare sort Spectator spirit stage story striking style Tartuffe Tatler TEMPLEMAN thee things thought tion Tom Jones truth turn vice vulgar whole wife WILLIAM HAZLITT words Wycherley