The Life of Henry Fielding: With Notices of His Writings, His Times, and His ContemporariesA. Hall, Virtue & Company, 1855 - 384 páginas |
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... scene the word " prodigious , " the audience instinc- tively seized on the opportunity of applying the expression by shouts of approbation to the accomplished actress . Although during her performance of Lady Townley , Mrs. Oldfield ...
... scene the word " prodigious , " the audience instinc- tively seized on the opportunity of applying the expression by shouts of approbation to the accomplished actress . Although during her performance of Lady Townley , Mrs. Oldfield ...
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... scenes thrown off without art , order , or method . Still , with all its defects , the first work of Henry Fielding is not without characteristic excellences , and a brief specimen of its nervous dialogue may not be unacceptable . The ...
... scenes thrown off without art , order , or method . Still , with all its defects , the first work of Henry Fielding is not without characteristic excellences , and a brief specimen of its nervous dialogue may not be unacceptable . The ...
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... scenes . But in this respect they were not certainly above the level of the age . In spite of his promise— " Nought shall offend the fair one's ears to ... scene 7 . long been the glory of her sex , and the ÆT . 20-22 . ] 13 FIRST COMEDY .
... scenes . But in this respect they were not certainly above the level of the age . In spite of his promise— " Nought shall offend the fair one's ears to ... scene 7 . long been the glory of her sex , and the ÆT . 20-22 . ] 13 FIRST COMEDY .
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... scene , in which Pincet ( the servant of the Temple Beau ) , by the assumption of a legal cha- racter and a pompous display of legal phraseology , manages to frighten the old country gentleman , who has searched his son's chambers and ...
... scene , in which Pincet ( the servant of the Temple Beau ) , by the assumption of a legal cha- racter and a pompous display of legal phraseology , manages to frighten the old country gentleman , who has searched his son's chambers and ...
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... scenes furnish evidence of that fatal facility which is generally so ruinous to the young author . " With a careless and hasty pencil " ( to use the expression of one of his critics ) , Fielding satisfied himself with sketching ( 1 ) ...
... scenes furnish evidence of that fatal facility which is generally so ruinous to the young author . " With a careless and hasty pencil " ( to use the expression of one of his critics ) , Fielding satisfied himself with sketching ( 1 ) ...
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