Lectures on the English Comic Writers: Delivered at the Surry InstitutionTaylor and Hessey, 1819 - 343페이지 |
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... genius than Shakspeare , though assuredly I do not think that Racine was as great , or a greater tragic genius . I think that both Rabelais and Cervantes , the one in the power of ludicrous description , the other in the invention and ...
... genius than Shakspeare , though assuredly I do not think that Racine was as great , or a greater tragic genius . I think that both Rabelais and Cervantes , the one in the power of ludicrous description , the other in the invention and ...
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... thing upon record . Falstaff alone is an in- stance which , if I would , I could not get over . " He is the leviathan of all the creatures of the a consumma- author's comic genius , and tumbles about his ON SHAKSPEARE AND BEN JONSON . 57.
... thing upon record . Falstaff alone is an in- stance which , if I would , I could not get over . " He is the leviathan of all the creatures of the a consumma- author's comic genius , and tumbles about his ON SHAKSPEARE AND BEN JONSON . 57.
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Delivered at the Surry Institution William Hazlitt. a consumma- author's comic genius , and tumbles about his un- wieldy bulk in an ocean of wit and humour . " But in general it will be found ( if I am not mistaken ) that even in the ...
Delivered at the Surry Institution William Hazlitt. a consumma- author's comic genius , and tumbles about his un- wieldy bulk in an ocean of wit and humour . " But in general it will be found ( if I am not mistaken ) that even in the ...
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... genius might be taken from the comic scenes in both parts of Henry IV . Nothing can go much lower in in- tellect or morals than many of the characters . Here are knaves and fools in abundance , of the ON SHAKSPEARE AND BEN JONSON . 59.
... genius might be taken from the comic scenes in both parts of Henry IV . Nothing can go much lower in in- tellect or morals than many of the characters . Here are knaves and fools in abundance , of the ON SHAKSPEARE AND BEN JONSON . 59.
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... genius , like charity , " covers a multitude of sins : " we pity as much as we despise them ; in spite of our disgust we like them , because they like them- selves , and because we are made to sympathise with them ; and the ligament ...
... genius , like charity , " covers a multitude of sins : " we pity as much as we despise them ; in spite of our disgust we like them , because they like them- selves , and because we are made to sympathise with them ; and the ligament ...
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41 페이지 - The hedge-sparrow fed the cuckoo so long, That it had its head bit off by its young.
45 페이지 - ... sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude ; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection ; sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense...
86 페이지 - I'll change All that is metal, in my house, to gold : And early in the morning will I send To all the plumbers and the pewterers, And buy their tin and lead up ; and to Lothbury For all the copper. Sur. What, and turn that too ? Mam. Yes, and I'll purchase Devonshire and Cornwall, And make them perfect Indies ! You admire now ? Sur. No, faith. Mam. But when you see th...
98 페이지 - tis my outward soul, Viceroy to that, which then to heaven being gone, Will leave this to control And keep these limbs, her provinces, from dissolution.
24 페이지 - The sun had long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap, And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn...
139 페이지 - Come, then, the colours and the ground prepare; Dip in the rainbow, trick her off in air; Choose a firm cloud before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute.
98 페이지 - Gave to thy growth, thee to this height to raise, And now dost laugh and triumph on this bough, Little think'st thou That it will freeze anon, and that I shall Tomorrow find thee fall'n, or not at all.
46 페이지 - ... an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being : sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange : sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose: often it consisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being ansv/erable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language.
105 페이지 - Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale? Why so dull and mute, young sinner? Prithee, why so mute? Will, when speaking well can't win her, Saying nothing do 't?
238 페이지 - Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good : Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.