Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ. Templeman, 1841 - 392 sivua |
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William Hazlitt. CONTENTS . LECTURE I. Introductory . - On Wit and Humour LECTURE II . On Shakspeare and Ben Jonson LECTURE III . On Cowley , Butler , Suckling , Etherege , & c . LECTURE IV . 55 56 95 On Wycherley , Congreve , Vanbrugh ...
William Hazlitt. CONTENTS . LECTURE I. Introductory . - On Wit and Humour LECTURE II . On Shakspeare and Ben Jonson LECTURE III . On Cowley , Butler , Suckling , Etherege , & c . LECTURE IV . 55 56 95 On Wycherley , Congreve , Vanbrugh ...
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... HUMOUR . MAN is the only animal that laughs and weeps ; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are , and what they ought to be . We weep at what thwarts or exceeds our desires in serious matters ...
... HUMOUR . MAN is the only animal that laughs and weeps ; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are , and what they ought to be . We weep at what thwarts or exceeds our desires in serious matters ...
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... or our pity ! Tears may be considered as the natural and involuntary resource of the mind overcome by some sudden and violent emotion , before it has had time to reconcile its feelings to the change of 2 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... or our pity ! Tears may be considered as the natural and involuntary resource of the mind overcome by some sudden and violent emotion , before it has had time to reconcile its feelings to the change of 2 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
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... , in this little episode in common life , depends almost entirely on the greater or less degree of interest . attached to the different changes of appearance . The mere suddenness of the transition , the mere baulking ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... , in this little episode in common life , depends almost entirely on the greater or less degree of interest . attached to the different changes of appearance . The mere suddenness of the transition , the mere baulking ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
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... is , the surprise and the emotion excited will make the blood come into his face , his eyes sparkle , his tongue falter or be mute , but in either case the tears will gush to his relief , and lighten the 4 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... is , the surprise and the emotion excited will make the blood come into his face , his eyes sparkle , his tongue falter or be mute , but in either case the tears will gush to his relief , and lighten the 4 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
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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