Lectures on the English Comic Writers with Miscellaneous EssaysJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1963 - Počet stran: 346 |
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... matter to preserve decorum in courts of justice . The smallest circumstance that interferes with the solemnity of the proceedings , throws the whole place into an uproar of laughter . People at the point of death often say smart things ...
... matter to preserve decorum in courts of justice . The smallest circumstance that interferes with the solemnity of the proceedings , throws the whole place into an uproar of laughter . People at the point of death often say smart things ...
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... matter is the same : but how different is the manner ! The one gives fair - play to nature and his own genius , while the other trusts almost entirely to imitation and custom . Shakspeare takes his groundwork in individual character and ...
... matter is the same : but how different is the manner ! The one gives fair - play to nature and his own genius , while the other trusts almost entirely to imitation and custom . Shakspeare takes his groundwork in individual character and ...
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... matter whether striking or agreeable , or not , so that it would puzzle the reader to discover the meaning , and if there was the most remote circumstance , however trifling or vague , for the pretended comparison to hinge upon . They ...
... matter whether striking or agreeable , or not , so that it would puzzle the reader to discover the meaning , and if there was the most remote circumstance , however trifling or vague , for the pretended comparison to hinge upon . They ...
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