Leigh Hunt's Dramatic Criticism, 1808-1831, Volume 10Columbia University Press, 1949 - 347 pages |
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Page 141
... comes on the ground like a block of wood , we shout with rapture to see the lesser stupid thus overturn the greater . Nor is all this to be quarrelled with . We have a right to enjoy a good notion of our- selves in a pleasant way , and ...
... comes on the ground like a block of wood , we shout with rapture to see the lesser stupid thus overturn the greater . Nor is all this to be quarrelled with . We have a right to enjoy a good notion of our- selves in a pleasant way , and ...
Page 215
... comes to be considered that this excellent music is divided among a variety of singers , some of them almost inevitably poor and unequal to it , the dis- crepancy and confusion become perfectly wearisome ; and on Tuesday evening for the ...
... comes to be considered that this excellent music is divided among a variety of singers , some of them almost inevitably poor and unequal to it , the dis- crepancy and confusion become perfectly wearisome ; and on Tuesday evening for the ...
Page 278
... comes down with his flashing harmonies- and then is silent . He then gives us some of his showers - and is again silent . Then , when the listening is at its height , and every- body is sitting in breathless expectation , he touches the ...
... comes down with his flashing harmonies- and then is silent . He then gives us some of his showers - and is again silent . Then , when the listening is at its height , and every- body is sitting in breathless expectation , he touches the ...
Contents
CRITICISM ON SHAKSPEARES MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | 3 |
MR YOUNGS MERITS CONSIDERED | 21 |
THE CONSCIOUS LOVERS | 35 |
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