Leigh Hunt's Dramatic Criticism, 1808-1831, Volume 10Columbia University Press, 1949 - 347 pages |
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Page 52
... thing hopeless was that , as soon as any of the elder brethren gave symptoms of retreat , their places were supplied by a set of undaunted younglings , of the true family vulgarity , who began displaying the same nonentities . The only ...
... thing hopeless was that , as soon as any of the elder brethren gave symptoms of retreat , their places were supplied by a set of undaunted younglings , of the true family vulgarity , who began displaying the same nonentities . The only ...
Page 122
... thing to assert that Jonson was in one respect eminently qualified for this kind of production by the luxuriance and volatility of his fancy ; but the ancients , instead of furnishing cordials to his actual deficiency , will be found ...
... thing to assert that Jonson was in one respect eminently qualified for this kind of production by the luxuriance and volatility of his fancy ; but the ancients , instead of furnishing cordials to his actual deficiency , will be found ...
Page 168
... things to no pur- pose ; but they have so often been told so that they begin to think there is some truth in it ; and ... thing that strikes the reader is the novelty of having Shakspeare so well understood as well as admired , and the ...
... things to no pur- pose ; but they have so often been told so that they begin to think there is some truth in it ; and ... thing that strikes the reader is the novelty of having Shakspeare so well understood as well as admired , and the ...
Contents
CRITICISM ON SHAKSPEARES MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | 3 |
MR YOUNGS MERITS CONSIDERED | 21 |
THE CONSCIOUS LOVERS | 35 |
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