Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage: Preached at Great St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, on Sunday September 25, and Sunday October 2, 1808; with Copious Supplementary NotesF. Hodson, 1809 - 284 páginas |
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... shew the most probable means , of keeping them separate . But the subject of jesting , or wit and ridicule , as constituting a very principal part of one of the species of composition of the Stage , namely , Comedy , seems here to ...
... shew the most probable means , of keeping them separate . But the subject of jesting , or wit and ridicule , as constituting a very principal part of one of the species of composition of the Stage , namely , Comedy , seems here to ...
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... shew some confusion , and that is thought to be merely anger , when really it springs from various causes . Some- times even the fear of seeming offended will occasion it ; sometimes , mortification at dis- covering an unknown fault ...
... shew some confusion , and that is thought to be merely anger , when really it springs from various causes . Some- times even the fear of seeming offended will occasion it ; sometimes , mortification at dis- covering an unknown fault ...
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... shew any wit in a wise and maply way . It is not the excellencies of their fancies , which in themselves are usually sorry and insipid enough , but the uncouthness of their presumption ; not their extraordinary wit , but their ...
... shew any wit in a wise and maply way . It is not the excellencies of their fancies , which in themselves are usually sorry and insipid enough , but the uncouthness of their presumption ; not their extraordinary wit , but their ...
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... shew how far wit ( as making a part of that kind of Drama , called Comedy ) is lawful , and how far that species of wit , called ridicule , is a test of truth . The subject shall be closed in this Discourse , by pointing out , as the ...
... shew how far wit ( as making a part of that kind of Drama , called Comedy ) is lawful , and how far that species of wit , called ridicule , is a test of truth . The subject shall be closed in this Discourse , by pointing out , as the ...
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... , a neglected , or a rejected object . To shew the extent of their own genius , and to strike the spectator , or reader , with admiration * Note C. . of it , is too frequently brought about at ON THE MEANS OF IMPROVING THE STAGE . 73.
... , a neglected , or a rejected object . To shew the extent of their own genius , and to strike the spectator , or reader , with admiration * Note C. . of it , is too frequently brought about at ON THE MEANS OF IMPROVING THE STAGE . 73.
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