Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review: In Five Volumes. 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pagina's |
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Pagina 144
... CONGREVE , VANBRUGH , and FARQUHAR , with Biographical and Critical Notices . By LEIGH HUNT . 8vo . London : 1840 . WE have a kindness for Mr. Leigh Hunt . We form our judgment of him , indeed , only from events of universal no- toriety ...
... CONGREVE , VANBRUGH , and FARQUHAR , with Biographical and Critical Notices . By LEIGH HUNT . 8vo . London : 1840 . WE have a kindness for Mr. Leigh Hunt . We form our judgment of him , indeed , only from events of universal no- toriety ...
Pagina 150
... Squire Sullen . Take ' Congreve ; and compare Bellmour with Fondlewife , Careless with Sir Paul Plyant , or Scandal with Foresight . In all these cases , and in many more which 150 COMIC DRAMATISTS OF THE RESTORATION .
... Squire Sullen . Take ' Congreve ; and compare Bellmour with Fondlewife , Careless with Sir Paul Plyant , or Scandal with Foresight . In all these cases , and in many more which 150 COMIC DRAMATISTS OF THE RESTORATION .
Pagina 151
... Congreve is as absurd as it would be to arraign a sleeper for his dreams . " They belong to the regions of pure comedy , where no cold moral reigns . When we are among them we are among a chaotic people . We are not to judge them by our ...
... Congreve is as absurd as it would be to arraign a sleeper for his dreams . " They belong to the regions of pure comedy , where no cold moral reigns . When we are among them we are among a chaotic people . We are not to judge them by our ...
Pagina 153
... Congreve . Here the garb , the manners , the topics of conversation are those of the real town and of the passing day . The hero is in all superficial accomplishments exactly the fine gentleman whom every youth in the pit would gladly ...
... Congreve . Here the garb , the manners , the topics of conversation are those of the real town and of the passing day . The hero is in all superficial accomplishments exactly the fine gentleman whom every youth in the pit would gladly ...
Pagina 175
... Congreve . His chief merit , like Congreve's , lies in the style of his dialogue . But the wit which lights up the Plain Dealer and the Country Wife is pale and flickering , when compared with the gorgeous blaze which dazzles us almost ...
... Congreve . His chief merit , like Congreve's , lies in the style of his dialogue . But the wit which lights up the Plain Dealer and the Country Wife is pale and flickering , when compared with the gorgeous blaze which dazzles us almost ...
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