Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 páginas |
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... written by my father 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 ...
... written by my father 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 ...
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... written in a very different 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 ...
... written in a very different 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 ...
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... written in a more easy and careless vein than tragedies , is but natural . This is only saying that a comedy is not so serious a thing as a tra- gedy . But that he showed a greater mastery in the one than in the other , I cannot allow ...
... written in a more easy and careless vein than tragedies , is but natural . This is only saying that a comedy is not so serious a thing as a tra- gedy . But that he showed a greater mastery in the one than in the other , I cannot allow ...
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... written con amore . It is made up of cheats and dupes , and the author is at home among them . He shows his hatred of the one and contempt for the other , and makes them set one another off to great advantage . There are several ...
... written con amore . It is made up of cheats and dupes , and the author is at home among them . He shows his hatred of the one and contempt for the other , and makes them set one another off to great advantage . There are several ...
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... written of the art ; Ay , and a treatise penn'd by Adam— Surly . How ! Mam . Of the philosophers ' stone , and in High Dutch . Surly . Did Adam write , Sir , in High Dutch ? Mam . He did ; Which proves it was the primitive tongue ...
... written of the art ; Ay , and a treatise penn'd by Adam— Surly . How ! Mam . Of the philosophers ' stone , and in High Dutch . Surly . Did Adam write , Sir , in High Dutch ? Mam . He did ; Which proves it was the primitive tongue ...
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