Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 pages |
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... 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 not hitherto edited , I at first ...
... 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 not hitherto edited , I at first ...
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... played before us , and which discomposes our gravity as often as it fails to move our anger or our pity ! Tears may be considered as the natural and involuntary re- source of the mind overcome ... play with 2 [ LECTURE I. ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... played before us , and which discomposes our gravity as often as it fails to move our anger or our pity ! Tears may be considered as the natural and involuntary re- source of the mind overcome ... play with 2 [ LECTURE I. ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
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William Hazlitt. place to tears . It is usual to play with infants , and make them laugh by clapping your hands ... playing at hide - and - seek , or blind - man's - buff , with persons it is ever so fond of , and either misses them where ...
William Hazlitt. place to tears . It is usual to play with infants , and make them laugh by clapping your hands ... playing at hide - and - seek , or blind - man's - buff , with persons it is ever so fond of , and either misses them where ...
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... play is over . All the attractions of a subject that can only be glanced at indirectly , that is a sort of forbidden ground to the imagination , except under severe restric- tions , which are constantly broken through ; all the ...
... play is over . All the attractions of a subject that can only be glanced at indirectly , that is a sort of forbidden ground to the imagination , except under severe restric- tions , which are constantly broken through ; all the ...
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... plays . It is the salt of comedy , without which it would be worthless and insipid . It makes Horner de- cent , and ... play - houses extinguished for ever . " Our old comedies would be invaluable , were it only for this , that they ...
... plays . It is the salt of comedy , without which it would be worthless and insipid . It makes Horner de- cent , and ... play - houses extinguished for ever . " Our old comedies would be invaluable , were it only for this , that they ...
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