 | William Cook - 1805 - 238 стор.
...faithful imitation of singular absurdities, particular follies, which are openly produced, ascriminals are publicly punished, for the correction of individuals,...example to the whole community. This is, Sir, one of the happv points, which every comic author should have in view, and is distinguished by the Roman critic... | |
 | 1876 - 844 стор.
...all more or less typical of their age. Comedy [he writes in his "Answer to a Reverend Gentleman "] I define to be an exact representation of the peculiar...individuals, and as an example to the whole community. And it is in accordance with this definition that all his comedies are constructed. To those who would... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1876 - 816 стор.
...all more or less typical of their age. "Comedy," he writes in his 'Answer to a Reverend Gentleman,' " I define to be an exact representation of the peculiar...individuals, and as an example to the whole community." And it is in accordance with this definition that all his comedies are constructed. To those who would... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1885 - 942 стор.
...comedy to be an exact representation of the peculiar manners of that people amongst whom it happened to be performed ; " a faithful imitation of singular...individuals, and as an example to the whole community." There is no particular fault to be found with this definition, but unfortunately Foote now and again... | |
 | 1885 - 850 стор.
...comedy to be an exact representation of the peculiar manners of that people amongst whom it happened to be performed; "a faithful imitation of singular...individuals, and as an example to the whole community." There is no particular fault to be found with this definition, but unfortunately Foote now and again... | |
 | John Fyvie - 1909 - 418 стор.
...that people among whom it happens to be performed ; a faithful imitation of singular absurdities and particular follies, which are openly produced, as...the Roman critic as the utile : the other point, the duke, I conceive to be the fable, the construction, machinery, conduct, plot, and incidents of the... | |
 | Peter Thomson - 2006 - 259 стор.
...Samuel Foote, whose hold on it was much stronger than his hold on comedy, derided farce. [Farce is] a kind of theatrical, not dramatic, entertainment,...individuals, and as an example to the whole community. Samuel Foote, responding to criticism of The Minor (1760) Foote 's contemporaries felt much the same... | |
 | 1876 - 862 стор.
...Comedy [he writes in his "Answer to a Reverend Gentleman "] I define to be an exact representation o£ the peculiar manners of that people among whom it...individuals, and as an example to the whole community. And it is in accordance with this definition that all his comedies are constructed. To those who would... | |
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I define to be an exact representation of the peculiar manners of that people among whom it happens to be performed; a faithful imitation of singular absurdities, particular follies, which are openly produced as criminals are publicly punished, for the... 