 ... clash of wit, in which nothing flows necessarily from the occasion, or is dictated by nature. The characters both of men and women are either fictitious and artificial, as those of Heartwell and the Ladies; or easy and common, as Wittol a tame idiot,...  The lives of the English poets - עמוד 184מאת Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 472 דפים
...produced, by marrying a woman in a mafk. this gay comedy, when all thefe dedudlions are made, will ftill remain the work of very powerful and fertile faculties : the dialogue is quick and rparkling, the incidents fuch as feize the attention, and the wit fo exuberant that it o'er-informs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 דפים
...by marrying a woman in a mafk. Yet tins gay comedy, when all thefe deductions are made, will flill remain the work of very powerful and fertile faculties : the dialogue is quick and fparkling, the incidents fuch as feize the attention, and the wit fo exuberant that it " o'er-informs... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 678 דפים
...Ladies ; or easy and common, as Witlol, a tame idiot ; Bluff", a swaggering coward, and Fondlewift:, a jealous Puritan ; and the catastrophe arises from...probably produced, by marrying a woman in a mask.' The first essay of Sheridan is not without the artificial and fancif.il characters of juvenile genius,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 דפים
...and the Ladies; or easy and common, as Wtttol a tame idiot, Sluf a swaggering coward, and Fondlewife a jealous puritan ; and the catastrophe arises from...comedy, when all these deductions are made, will still rtjnain the work of very powerful and fertile faculties : the dialogue is quick and sparkling, the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 דפים
...marrying a woman in a mafk. Yet Yet this gay comedy, when all thefe deductions are made, will ftill remain the work of very powerful and fertile faculties ; the dialogue is quick and fparkling, the incidents fuch as feize the attention, and the wit fo exuberant that it " o'er-informs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 536 דפים
...by marrying a woman in a mafk. Yet this gay comedy, when all thefe deductions are made, will ftill remain the work of very powerful and fertile faculties ; the dialogue is quick and fparkling, the incidents fuch as feize the attention, and the wit fo exuberant that it " o'er-informs... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 דפים
...the Ladies; or easy and common, as Wittal a tame idiot,. Bluff a swaggering coward, and Fondle~j.if» a jealous puritan ; and the catastrophe arises from...by marrying a woman in a mask. Yet this gay comedy, w hen all these deductions are made, will still re•main the work of very powerful and fertile faculties:... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 דפים
...and the ladies; or easy and common, as Wittol a tame idiot, Bluff a swaggering coward, and Fondlewife a jealous puritan ; and the catastrophe arises from...seize the attention, and the wit so exuberant, that it " o'er informs its tenement." Next year he gave another specimen of his abilities in The Double Dealer,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 דפים
...the ladies ; or easy and common, as Wlttol a tame idiot, Klaff a swaggering coward, and fondlnvife a jealous puritan ; and the catastrophe arises from...->-Yet this gay comedy, when all these deductions arc made, will still remain the work of very powerful and ferule faculties ; the dialogue is quick... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 596 דפים
...dictated by nature. The characters both of men and women are cither fictitious and artificial, as those of Yet this gay comedy, when all these deductions are...and fertile faculties ; the dialogue is quick and sparkling1, the incidents such as seize the attention, and the wit so exuberant that it " o'er-inform«... | |
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