The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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... called ) a more refined period . Genteel comedy is the comedy of fashionable life , and of artificial character and manners . The most pungent ridicule , is that which is directed to mortify vanity , and to expose affectation ; but ...
... called ) a more refined period . Genteel comedy is the comedy of fashionable life , and of artificial character and manners . The most pungent ridicule , is that which is directed to mortify vanity , and to expose affectation ; but ...
Page 166
... called our English Aristophanes , O'Keeffe might well be called our English Moliere . The scale of the modern writer 166 LECTURES ON THE COMIC WRITERS.
... called our English Aristophanes , O'Keeffe might well be called our English Moliere . The scale of the modern writer 166 LECTURES ON THE COMIC WRITERS.
Page 287
... called ) steals a piece of bacon from behind Gammer Gurton's door , and in answer to Hodge's complaint of being dreadfully pinched for hunger , asks- ' Why Hodge , was there none at home thy dinner for to set ? Hodge . Gog's bread ...
... called ) steals a piece of bacon from behind Gammer Gurton's door , and in answer to Hodge's complaint of being dreadfully pinched for hunger , asks- ' Why Hodge , was there none at home thy dinner for to set ? Hodge . Gog's bread ...
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