History of English Literature, Том 2Henry Holt and Company, 1876 - 502 стор. |
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... taste , and in the public - Audiences be- fore and after the Restoration · VII . Dryden Disparity of his comedies - Unskillfulness of his in- decencies - How he translates Molière's Amphitryon VIII . Wycherley - Life - Character ...
... taste , and in the public - Audiences be- fore and after the Restoration · VII . Dryden Disparity of his comedies - Unskillfulness of his in- decencies - How he translates Molière's Amphitryon VIII . Wycherley - Life - Character ...
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... taste and manners X. The continuation of comedy - Sheridan - Life - Talent - The School for Scandal - How comedy degenerates and is extinguished- Causes of the decay of the theatre in Europe and in England · PAGE . 195 204 CHAPTER II ...
... taste and manners X. The continuation of comedy - Sheridan - Life - Talent - The School for Scandal - How comedy degenerates and is extinguished- Causes of the decay of the theatre in Europe and in England · PAGE . 195 204 CHAPTER II ...
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... taste . Like all these writers , like Montaigne , he was imbued with classic antiquity ; in the pulpit he quotes Greek and Latin anecdotes , passages from Seneca , verses of Lucretius and Euripides , and this side by side with texts ...
... taste . Like all these writers , like Montaigne , he was imbued with classic antiquity ; in the pulpit he quotes Greek and Latin anecdotes , passages from Seneca , verses of Lucretius and Euripides , and this side by side with texts ...
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... taste the grave and the solemni- ties of our own funerals , first in those parts that ministered to vice , and next in them that served for ornament , and in a short time even they that served for necessity become useless , and ...
... taste the grave and the solemni- ties of our own funerals , first in those parts that ministered to vice , and next in them that served for ornament , and in a short time even they that served for necessity become useless , and ...
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... taste for letters , being unwilling to give up " his liberal and intelligent tastes to the extent of becoming altogether at slave to the world ; " he wrote verses , was an excellent musician , one of the best composers of his time ; he ...
... taste for letters , being unwilling to give up " his liberal and intelligent tastes to the extent of becoming altogether at slave to the world ; " he wrote verses , was an excellent musician , one of the best composers of his time ; he ...
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