Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1930 - Počet stran: 340 |
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... perhaps , rightful sway over that which touches the affections , or exhausts the fancy . There is a callousness in the worst characters in the Way of the World , in Fainall , and his wife and Mrs. Marwood , not very pleasant ; and a ...
... perhaps , rightful sway over that which touches the affections , or exhausts the fancy . There is a callousness in the worst characters in the Way of the World , in Fainall , and his wife and Mrs. Marwood , not very pleasant ; and a ...
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... perhaps have courted Congreve's acquaintance most , for his wit and the elegance of his manners ; Wycherley's , for his sense and observation on human nature ; Vanbrugh's , for his power of farcical description and telling a story ...
... perhaps have courted Congreve's acquaintance most , for his wit and the elegance of his manners ; Wycherley's , for his sense and observation on human nature ; Vanbrugh's , for his power of farcical description and telling a story ...
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... Perhaps there is no work which combines so much whimsical invention with such an ai of truth . Its popularity is almost unequalled ; and yet its merits have not been sufficiently understood . The story is the least part of them ; though ...
... Perhaps there is no work which combines so much whimsical invention with such an ai of truth . Its popularity is almost unequalled ; and yet its merits have not been sufficiently understood . The story is the least part of them ; though ...
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