Lectures on the English Comic Writers: Delivered at the Surry InstitutionM. Carey and Son, 1819 - 343 Seiten |
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... lady who pretended to return his passion , and inviting him to her house , as the preliminary con- dition of her favour , had his eyebrows shaved , his clothes stripped off , and being turned loose into a winding gallery , he was to ...
... lady who pretended to return his passion , and inviting him to her house , as the preliminary con- dition of her favour , had his eyebrows shaved , his clothes stripped off , and being turned loose into a winding gallery , he was to ...
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... lady ; the bustle , pertness , loquaciousness , and tricks of the chambermaid ; the impudence , lies , and roguery of the valet ; the match - making and unmaking ; the wisdom of the wise ; the sayings of the witty , the folly of the ...
... lady ; the bustle , pertness , loquaciousness , and tricks of the chambermaid ; the impudence , lies , and roguery of the valet ; the match - making and unmaking ; the wisdom of the wise ; the sayings of the witty , the folly of the ...
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... lady at church , who seeing him look thoughtful , asked what he was thinking of " The next World , " - is a perversion of an established formula of language , something of the same kind . - Rhymes are sometimes a species of wit , where ...
... lady at church , who seeing him look thoughtful , asked what he was thinking of " The next World , " - is a perversion of an established formula of language , something of the same kind . - Rhymes are sometimes a species of wit , where ...
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... Lady Townly , Count Basset , and John Moody ; in Congreve's Millamant , Lady Wishfort , Witwoud , Sir Wilful Witwoud , and the rest . In another point of view , or with respect to that part of comedy which relates to gal- lantry and ...
... Lady Townly , Count Basset , and John Moody ; in Congreve's Millamant , Lady Wishfort , Witwoud , Sir Wilful Witwoud , and the rest . In another point of view , or with respect to that part of comedy which relates to gal- lantry and ...
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... lady or heroine of comedy , has so many lovers , that she surfeits on admiration , till it be- comes indifferent to her ; so many rivals , that she is forced to put on a thousand airs of languid affectation to mortify and vex them more ...
... lady or heroine of comedy , has so many lovers , that she surfeits on admiration , till it be- comes indifferent to her ; so many rivals , that she is forced to put on a thousand airs of languid affectation to mortify and vex them more ...
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