Lectures on the English Poets, and the English Comic WritersBell, 1869 - 232 páginas |
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... comedy and tragedy , of the sublime and pathetic . When Pope says of the Lord Mayor's show- " Now night descending , the proud scene is o'er , But lives in Settle's numbers one day more ! " when Collins makes Danger , " with limbs of ...
... comedy and tragedy , of the sublime and pathetic . When Pope says of the Lord Mayor's show- " Now night descending , the proud scene is o'er , But lives in Settle's numbers one day more ! " when Collins makes Danger , " with limbs of ...
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... comedy and tragedy ; and his tragedies are better than his comedies , because tragedy is better than comedy . His female characters , which have been found fault with as insipid , are the finest in the world . Lastly , Shakspeare was ...
... comedy and tragedy ; and his tragedies are better than his comedies , because tragedy is better than comedy . His female characters , which have been found fault with as insipid , are the finest in the world . Lastly , Shakspeare was ...
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... comedy sparkles with wit , and is fraught with the keenest sarcasm . The very wit , however , takes off from the offensiveness of the satire ; and I have seen great statesmen , very great statesmen , heartily enjoy- ing the joke ...
... comedy sparkles with wit , and is fraught with the keenest sarcasm . The very wit , however , takes off from the offensiveness of the satire ; and I have seen great statesmen , very great statesmen , heartily enjoy- ing the joke ...
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... comedy of the Election , performed last summer [ 1817 ] at the Lyceum with indifferent success , appears to me the perfection of baby - house theatricals . Everything in it has such a do - me - good air , is so insipid and amiable ...
... comedy of the Election , performed last summer [ 1817 ] at the Lyceum with indifferent success , appears to me the perfection of baby - house theatricals . Everything in it has such a do - me - good air , is so insipid and amiable ...
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... comedy - sad or merry , as it happens . The crimes and misfortunes that are inseparable from it , shock and wound the mind when they once seize upon it , and when the pressure can no longer be borne , seek relief in tears : the follies ...
... comedy - sad or merry , as it happens . The crimes and misfortunes that are inseparable from it , shock and wound the mind when they once seize upon it , and when the pressure can no longer be borne , seek relief in tears : the follies ...
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