The Good Natur'd Man and She Stoops to ConquerD.C. Heath, 1903 - 285 pages |
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... nature seems to present us with an universal blank of silk , ribbands , smiles and whispers ; absurdity is the poet's game , and good breeding is the nice conceal- ment of absurdities . " In later years - even after his first play had ...
... nature seems to present us with an universal blank of silk , ribbands , smiles and whispers ; absurdity is the poet's game , and good breeding is the nice conceal- ment of absurdities . " In later years - even after his first play had ...
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... nature and humour . During 1766 he laboured at it assiduously in the in- tervals of his other tasks ; and he completed it early 1 December , 1772 , vol . i . p . 4 . " " in the following year . His friends approved it ; Introduction XV.
... nature and humour . During 1766 he laboured at it assiduously in the in- tervals of his other tasks ; and he completed it early 1 December , 1772 , vol . i . p . 4 . " " in the following year . His friends approved it ; Introduction XV.
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... nature ; while the improbability or farcical character of two of the incidents the trick played upon Mrs. Hardcastle , and the mistaking of a gentleman's house for an inn " " is sufficiently disposed of , for controversial purposes , by ...
... nature ; while the improbability or farcical character of two of the incidents the trick played upon Mrs. Hardcastle , and the mistaking of a gentleman's house for an inn " " is sufficiently disposed of , for controversial purposes , by ...
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... nature , has " three or four languages word for word without book . " Goldsmith's hero , too , has many of the good gifts of nature , and minor blemishes of this sort detract but little from the literary , or ( what is still more impor ...
... nature , has " three or four languages word for word without book . " Goldsmith's hero , too , has many of the good gifts of nature , and minor blemishes of this sort detract but little from the literary , or ( what is still more impor ...
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... nature and humour in whatever walks of life they were most conspicuous . The author of the following scenes never imagined that more would be expected of him , and therefore to delineate character has been his principal aim . Those who ...
... nature and humour in whatever walks of life they were most conspicuous . The author of the following scenes never imagined that more would be expected of him , and therefore to delineate character has been his principal aim . Those who ...
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Page 155 - I am obligated to dance a bear, a man may be a gentleman for all that. May this be my poison if my bear ever dances but to the very genteelest of tunes — Water Parted, or the minuet in Ariadne.
Page 148 - Then to be plain with you, Kate, I expect the young gentleman I have chosen to be your husband from town this very day. I have his father's letter, in which he informs me his son is set out, and that he intends to follow himself shortly after.
Page xxvi - By inscribing this slight performance to you, I do not mean so much to compliment you as myself. It may do me some honour to inform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you. It may serve the interests of mankind also to inform them, that the greatest wit may be found in a character, without impairing the most unaffected piety.
Page 160 - And I detest your three chairs and a bolster. TONY. You do, do you? then, let me see — what if you go on a mile further, to the Buck's Head; the old Buck's Head on the hill, one of the best inns in the whole county ? HAST.
Page 207 - In the first place I shall be seen, and that is no small advantage to a girl who brings her face to market. Then I shall perhaps make an acquaintance, and that's no small victory gained over one who never addresses any but the wildest of her sex.
Page 143 - Ay, your times were fine times indeed; you have been telling us of them for many a long year. Here we live in an old rumbling mansion, that looks for all the world like an inn, but that we never see company.
Page 163 - You must not be so talkative, Diggory. You must be all attention to the guests. You must hear us talk, and not think of talking...
Page 127 - Nor is this rule without the strongest foundation in nature, as the distresses of the mean by no means affect us so strongly as the calamities of the great. When tragedy exhibits to us some great man fallen from his height, and struggling with want and adversity, we feel his situation in the same manner as we suppose he himself must feel, and our pity is increased in proportion to the height from which he fell.
Page 150 - Lud, this news of papa's puts me all in a flutter. Young, handsome; these he put last, but I put them foremost. Sensible, good-natured; I like all that. But then, reserved and sheepish ; -that's much against him. Yet can't he be cured of his timidity, by being taught to be\ proud of his wife?
Page 163 - Ha! ha! ha! The story is a good one. Well, honest Diggory, you may laugh at that — but still remember to be attentive.