Lectures on the English PoetsWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 255 páginas |
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... comic humour , equally arising out of the manners of the time . In this too Chaucer resembled Boccaccio , that he excelled in both styles , and could pass at will , " from grave to gay , from lively to severe ; " but he never confounded ...
... comic humour , equally arising out of the manners of the time . In this too Chaucer resembled Boccaccio , that he excelled in both styles , and could pass at will , " from grave to gay , from lively to severe ; " but he never confounded ...
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... comic wit degenerating into clenches , his serious , swelling into bombast . But he is always great when some great occasion is presented to him . No man can say he ever had a fit subject for his wit , and did not then raise himself as ...
... comic wit degenerating into clenches , his serious , swelling into bombast . But he is always great when some great occasion is presented to him . No man can say he ever had a fit subject for his wit , and did not then raise himself as ...
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... Flamborough family , all painted with oranges in their hands— or for the story of the case of shagreen spectacles and the cos- mogony ? As a comic writer , his Tony Lumpkin draws forth 142 [ LECTURE VI . ON SWIFT , YOUNG , GRAY , ETC.
... Flamborough family , all painted with oranges in their hands— or for the story of the case of shagreen spectacles and the cos- mogony ? As a comic writer , his Tony Lumpkin draws forth 142 [ LECTURE VI . ON SWIFT , YOUNG , GRAY , ETC.
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William Hazlitt. As a comic writer , his Tony Lumpkin draws forth new pow- ers from Mr. Liston's face . That alone is praise enough for it . Poor Goldsmith ! how happy he has made others ! how unhappy he was in himself ! He never had the ...
William Hazlitt. As a comic writer , his Tony Lumpkin draws forth new pow- ers from Mr. Liston's face . That alone is praise enough for it . Poor Goldsmith ! how happy he has made others ! how unhappy he was in himself ! He never had the ...
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... comic painting . But his masterpiece in this way is his Tam o ' Shanter . I shall give the beginning of it , but I am afraid I shall hardly know when to leave off , " When chapman billies leave the street , And drouthy neebours neebours ...
... comic painting . But his masterpiece in this way is his Tam o ' Shanter . I shall give the beginning of it , but I am afraid I shall hardly know when to leave off , " When chapman billies leave the street , And drouthy neebours neebours ...
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