Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ. Templeman, 1841 - 392 sivua |
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Sivu 41
... vice and infirmity in our nature , and play upon it with periodical success . The meanest weapons are strong enough for this kind of warfare , and the meanest hands can wield them . Spleen can subsist on any kind of food . The shadow of ...
... vice and infirmity in our nature , and play upon it with periodical success . The meanest weapons are strong enough for this kind of warfare , and the meanest hands can wield them . Spleen can subsist on any kind of food . The shadow of ...
Sivu 44
... Vice and virtue were to him as plain as any objects of sense . He saw in man a talking , absurd , obstinate , proud , angry animal ; and clothed these abstractions with wings , or a beak , or tail , or claws , or long ears , as they ...
... Vice and virtue were to him as plain as any objects of sense . He saw in man a talking , absurd , obstinate , proud , angry animal ; and clothed these abstractions with wings , or a beak , or tail , or claws , or long ears , as they ...
Sivu 63
... Vice , and would by no means assist to deliver the one into the hands of the other . Those who cannot be persuaded to draw a veil ove the foibles of ideal characters , may be sus- pected of wearing a mask over their own ! Again , in ...
... Vice , and would by no means assist to deliver the one into the hands of the other . Those who cannot be persuaded to draw a veil ove the foibles of ideal characters , may be sus- pected of wearing a mask over their own ! Again , in ...
Sivu 66
... vice . The fault , then , of Shakspeare's comic Muse is , in my opinion , that it is too good - natured and magnanimous . It mounts above its quarry . It is " apprehensive , quick , forgetive , full of - nimble , fiery , and delectable ...
... vice . The fault , then , of Shakspeare's comic Muse is , in my opinion , that it is too good - natured and magnanimous . It mounts above its quarry . It is " apprehensive , quick , forgetive , full of - nimble , fiery , and delectable ...
Sivu 67
... vice worn as a mark of distinction , that all the malice of wit and humour is called out and justified to detect the imposture , and prevent the contagion from spreading . The fools in Wycherley and Con- greve are of their own , or one ...
... vice worn as a mark of distinction , that all the malice of wit and humour is called out and justified to detect the imposture , and prevent the contagion from spreading . The fools in Wycherley and Con- greve are of their own , or one ...
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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