Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ. Templeman, 1841 - 392 sivua |
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... for Mr Oxberry's Editions of the various Plays remarked upon . Having determined upon the speedy publication , in a collective form , of the whole of my father's writings on Art , and Artists , together with some pieces on these subjects.
... for Mr Oxberry's Editions of the various Plays remarked upon . Having determined upon the speedy publication , in a collective form , of the whole of my father's writings on Art , and Artists , together with some pieces on these subjects.
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... whole is a trick at bottom . The alternation of tears and laughter , 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 ...
... whole is a trick at bottom . The alternation of tears and laughter , 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 ...
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... the smallest circum- stance that interferes with the solemnity of the proceedings throws the whole place into an up- roar of laughter . People at the point of death often say smart things . Sir Thomas More jested with 12 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... the smallest circum- stance that interferes with the solemnity of the proceedings throws the whole place into an up- roar of laughter . People at the point of death often say smart things . Sir Thomas More jested with 12 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
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... whole of the character of Falstaff , and is , in truth , the principle on which it is founded . It is an irony directed against oneself . Wit is , in fact , a voluntary act of the mind , or exercise of the in- vention , showing the ...
... whole of the character of Falstaff , and is , in truth , the principle on which it is founded . It is an irony directed against oneself . Wit is , in fact , a voluntary act of the mind , or exercise of the in- vention , showing the ...
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... whole charm , and puts an end to our admiration of the sublime or beautiful . Reading the finest pas- sage in Milton's Paradise Lost ' in a false tone , will make it seem insipid and absurd . The cavilling at , or invidiously pointing ...
... whole charm , and puts an end to our admiration of the sublime or beautiful . Reading the finest pas- sage in Milton's Paradise Lost ' in a false tone , will make it seem insipid and absurd . The cavilling at , or invidiously pointing ...
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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