Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ. Templeman, 1841 - 392 sivua |
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Sivu 50
... refinement of perception , but rather a looseness and flip- pancy of mind and temper , which prevents the individual from connecting any two ideas steadily or consistently together . It is owing to a natural crudity and precipitateness ...
... refinement of perception , but rather a looseness and flip- pancy of mind and temper , which prevents the individual from connecting any two ideas steadily or consistently together . It is owing to a natural crudity and precipitateness ...
Sivu 51
... pulous adherence to nature , refinement of cha- racter , or common probability . The plots of several of them could not be carried on for a moment without a perfect collusion between the parties to ON WIT AND HUMOUR . 51.
... pulous adherence to nature , refinement of cha- racter , or common probability . The plots of several of them could not be carried on for a moment without a perfect collusion between the parties to ON WIT AND HUMOUR . 51.
Sivu 71
... refinements of romantic passion arise out of the imagination brooding over " airy nothing , " or over a favourite object , where " love's golden shaft hath killed the flock of all affections else : " whereas the refinements of this ...
... refinements of romantic passion arise out of the imagination brooding over " airy nothing , " or over a favourite object , where " love's golden shaft hath killed the flock of all affections else : " whereas the refinements of this ...
Sivu 136
... Refinement acts as a foil to affectation , and affectation to ignorance . Sentence after sentence tells . We don't know which to admire most , the observa- tion or the answer to it . We would give our fingers to be able to talk so ...
... Refinement acts as a foil to affectation , and affectation to ignorance . Sentence after sentence tells . We don't know which to admire most , the observa- tion or the answer to it . We would give our fingers to be able to talk so ...
Sivu 138
... refinement , reminds one ex- actly of Collins's description of wit as opposed to humour , " Whose jewels in his crisped hair Are placed each other's light to share . " Sheridan will not bear a comparison with him . in the regular ...
... refinement , reminds one ex- actly of Collins's description of wit as opposed to humour , " Whose jewels in his crisped hair Are placed each other's light to share . " Sheridan will not bear a comparison with him . in the regular ...
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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