Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 pages |
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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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... comedy turns upon this . Most of the adventures , difficulties , demurs , hair - breadth ' scapes , disguises , deceptions , blunders , disappointments , successes , excuses , all the dextrous manœuvres , artful innuendoes , assigna ...
... comedy turns upon this . Most of the adventures , difficulties , demurs , hair - breadth ' scapes , disguises , deceptions , blunders , disappointments , successes , excuses , all the dextrous manœuvres , artful innuendoes , assigna ...
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... comedy , without which it would be worthless and insipid . It makes Horner de- cent , and Millamant divine . It is the jest between Tattle and Miss Prue . It is the bait with which Olivia , in the ' Plain Dealer , ' plays with honest ...
... comedy , without which it would be worthless and insipid . It makes Horner de- cent , and Millamant divine . It is the jest between Tattle and Miss Prue . It is the bait with which Olivia , in the ' Plain Dealer , ' plays with honest ...
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... comedy better than a tragedy , a farce better than a comedy , a pantomime better than a farce , but a puppet - show best of all . " I look upon it , that he who invented puppet - shows was a greater benefactor to his species , than he ...
... comedy better than a tragedy , a farce better than a comedy , a pantomime better than a farce , but a puppet - show best of all . " I look upon it , that he who invented puppet - shows was a greater benefactor to his species , than he ...
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... comedy . If each of the parties had retained a special pleader to speak his sentiments , they could not have appeared more verbose or intri- The improbability of the character of Orgon is wonderful . This play is in one point of view ...
... comedy . If each of the parties had retained a special pleader to speak his sentiments , they could not have appeared more verbose or intri- The improbability of the character of Orgon is wonderful . This play is in one point of view ...
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