Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ. Templeman, 1841 - 392 sivua |
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William Hazlitt. nothing . " But of the artifices of this author's burlesque style I shall have occasion to speak - hereafter . It is not always easy to distinguish between the wit of words and that of things , " For thin partitions do ...
William Hazlitt. nothing . " But of the artifices of this author's burlesque style I shall have occasion to speak - hereafter . It is not always easy to distinguish between the wit of words and that of things , " For thin partitions do ...
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... style . Among other things , this little piece contains an exquisite , and almost unanswerable defence of the superiority of comedy over tragedy . Molière was to be excused for taking this side of the question . A writer of some ...
... style . Among other things , this little piece contains an exquisite , and almost unanswerable defence of the superiority of comedy over tragedy . Molière was to be excused for taking this side of the question . A writer of some ...
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... style is as dry , as literal , and meagre , as Shakspeare's is exuberant , libe- ral , and unrestrained . The one labours hard , lashes himself up , and produces little pleasure with all his fidelity and tenaciousness of pur- pose : the ...
... style is as dry , as literal , and meagre , as Shakspeare's is exuberant , libe- ral , and unrestrained . The one labours hard , lashes himself up , and produces little pleasure with all his fidelity and tenaciousness of pur- pose : the ...
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... style of comic dialogue . But I must refer to the play itself for them . ' Volpone , or the Fox , ' is his best play . It is prolix and improbable , but intense and powerful . It is written con amore . It is made up of cheats and dupes ...
... style of comic dialogue . But I must refer to the play itself for them . ' Volpone , or the Fox , ' is his best play . It is prolix and improbable , but intense and powerful . It is written con amore . It is made up of cheats and dupes ...
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... style and execution to anything of Ben Jonson's . best comedies on the stage ; and one proof that they are so is , that they still hold possession of it . They show the utmost alacrity of invention in contriving ludicrous distresses ...
... style and execution to anything of Ben Jonson's . best comedies on the stage ; and one proof that they are so is , that they still hold possession of it . They show the utmost alacrity of invention in contriving ludicrous distresses ...
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