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... play take the place of that acid intellectual aloofness , that re- strained inward revolt , which have marked the greatest satirists As it was the direct impulse of classical studies acquired at the Universities which at this time ...
... play take the place of that acid intellectual aloofness , that re- strained inward revolt , which have marked the greatest satirists As it was the direct impulse of classical studies acquired at the Universities which at this time ...
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... plays , a large quantity of prose , some of it satirical . Another dramatist whose satirical gifts call for notice is John Day . His ' Parliament of Bees ' would come under the heading of dramatic satire , a subject too large to enter ...
... plays , a large quantity of prose , some of it satirical . Another dramatist whose satirical gifts call for notice is John Day . His ' Parliament of Bees ' would come under the heading of dramatic satire , a subject too large to enter ...
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... play with miserie . . Here have I learned to make my greatest wrongs Matter for mirth and subjects for my songs . ' Sir John Denham does not owe his position 1615-1688 . in English literature to his satires . He had at the best but a ...
... play with miserie . . Here have I learned to make my greatest wrongs Matter for mirth and subjects for my songs . ' Sir John Denham does not owe his position 1615-1688 . in English literature to his satires . He had at the best but a ...
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... play Love's Riddle , ' written while . still a ' King's Scholler in Westminster Schoole ' ; and from the boy poet who could ask to be pre- served ' From singing men's religion , who are Always at church , just like the crows , cause ...
... play Love's Riddle , ' written while . still a ' King's Scholler in Westminster Schoole ' ; and from the boy poet who could ask to be pre- served ' From singing men's religion , who are Always at church , just like the crows , cause ...
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... play is light , lively , and effective . Mr. Smirke ' is a very witty and learned piece of argumentative work , but inferior to ' The Rehearsal Transprosed . ' Few dramas have given rise to so vast and so unceasing a succession of works ...
... play is light , lively , and effective . Mr. Smirke ' is a very witty and learned piece of argumentative work , but inferior to ' The Rehearsal Transprosed . ' Few dramas have given rise to so vast and so unceasing a succession of works ...
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Page 282 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much ; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind...
Page 252 - is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Page 281 - Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school ; A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew...
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Page 283 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick: He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew, when he pleased, he could whistle them back.
Page 175 - The wrong, than others the right way; Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to.
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Page 283 - As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine ; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings, a dupe to his art. Like an ill-judging beauty, his colours he spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red. On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting ; 'Twas only that when he was off he was acting.