The Rivals, and The School for ScandalMacmillan, 1907 - 319페이지 |
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... wish to keep up with the rapid - fire of clever dialogue . We do not go to Sheridan's plays for beau- tiful poetry , for he has not the imagination that " bodies forth " a poetic picture . We do not go to his plays for the presentation ...
... wish to keep up with the rapid - fire of clever dialogue . We do not go to Sheridan's plays for beau- tiful poetry , for he has not the imagination that " bodies forth " a poetic picture . We do not go to his plays for the presentation ...
xxvi 페이지
... wish to palliate the faults which they acknowledge ; and , however trifling the performance , to second their confession of its deficiencies , by whatever plea seems least dis- graceful to their ability . In the present instance , it ...
... wish to palliate the faults which they acknowledge ; and , however trifling the performance , to second their confession of its deficiencies , by whatever plea seems least dis- graceful to their ability . In the present instance , it ...
xxvii 페이지
... wish to fill a chasm in the entertainment of the public with a hastiness not altogether culpable . The season was advanced when I first put the play into Mr. Harris's hands : it was at that time at least double the length of any acting ...
... wish to fill a chasm in the entertainment of the public with a hastiness not altogether culpable . The season was advanced when I first put the play into Mr. Harris's hands : it was at that time at least double the length of any acting ...
xxviii 페이지
... wish in attempting a play was to avoid every appearance of plagiary , I thought I should stand a better chance of effecting this from being in a walk which I had not frequented , and where , consequently , the progress of invention was ...
... wish in attempting a play was to avoid every appearance of plagiary , I thought I should stand a better chance of effecting this from being in a walk which I had not frequented , and where , consequently , the progress of invention was ...
xxxi 페이지
... wish to try the dramatic line will meet with that candour and liberal attention , which are generally allowed to be better calculated to lead genius into excellence , than either the precepts of judgment , or the guidance . of ...
... wish to try the dramatic line will meet with that candour and liberal attention , which are generally allowed to be better calculated to lead genius into excellence , than either the precepts of judgment , or the guidance . of ...
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191 페이지 - A curious dilemma, truly, my politics have run me into! I wanted, at first, only to ingratiate myself with Lady Teazle, that she might not be my enemy with Maria; and I have, I don't know how, become her serious lover. Sincerely I begin to wish I had never made such a point of gaining so very good a character, for it has led me into so many cursed rogueries that I doubt I shall be exposed at last.
151 페이지 - Square; For, should he Lady W. find willing, Wormwood is bitter" <-Oh, that's me! the villain ! Throw it behind the fire, and never more Let that vile paper come within my door." Thus at our friends we laugh, who feel the dart; To reach our feelings, we ourselves must smart. Is our young bard so young, to think that he Can stop the full spring-tide of calumny? Knows he the world so little, and its trade? Alas !. the devil 's sooner raised than laid.
82 페이지 - I would do myself the honour to carry your message; but, to tell you a secret, I believe I shall have just such another affair on my own hands. There is a gay captain here, who put a jest on me lately, at the expense of my country, and I only want to fall in with the gentleman, to call him out.
170 페이지 - I doubt her affections are farther engaged than we imagine. But the family are to be here this evening, so you may as well dine where you are, and we shall have an opportunity of observing farther; in the meantime, I'll go and plot mischief, and you shall study sentiment.
215 페이지 - Here's to the maid with a bosom of snow: Now to her that's as brown as a berry : Here's to the wife with a face full of woe, And now to the damsel that's merry.
289 페이지 - Why, as to reforming, Sir Peter, I'll make no promises, and that I take to be a proof that I intend to set about it But here shall be my monitor — my gentle guide. — Ah ! can I leave the virtuous path those eyes illumine? Though thou, dear maid, shouldst waive thy beauty's sway, Thou still must rule, because I will obey : An humble fugitive from Folly view, No sanctuary near but Love and you: [To the Audience. You can, indeed, each anxious fear remove, For even Scandal dies, if you approve.
214 페이지 - I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for the glass, Here's to the charmer whose dimples we prize ; Now to the maid who has none, sir : Here's to the girl with a pair of blue eyes; And here's to the nymph with but one, sir.
267 페이지 - No such thing ! Charles is the man. 'Twas Mr Surface brought Sir Peter on purpose to discover them. SIR BEN.
175 페이지 - No, no, madam, you shall throw away no more sums on such unmeaning luxury. 'Slife! to spend as much to furnish your dressing-room with flowers in winter as would suffice to turn the Pantheon into a greenhouse, and give a fete champetre at Christmas.