Poems and PlaysIntroduction and notes by Austin Dobson]--The traveller; or, A. prospect of society.--The deserted village.--Retaliation.--The haunch of venison.--Miscellaneous pieces.--The good-natur'd man.--She stoops to conquer; or, The mistakes of a night.--Scene from The grumbler.--Appendix. |
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... pity ! how does it surprise one ! Two handsomer culprits I never set eyes on ! " Then their friends all come round me with cringing and leering , To melt me to pity , and soften my swearing . First Sir Charles 1 advances with phrases ...
... pity ! how does it surprise one ! Two handsomer culprits I never set eyes on ! " Then their friends all come round me with cringing and leering , To melt me to pity , and soften my swearing . First Sir Charles 1 advances with phrases ...
Page 145
... pity . I shall scarce recover my spirits these three days . Sure , to live upon such terms is worse than death itself . And yet , when I consider my own situation , a broken fortune , a hopeless passion , friends in distress ; the wish ...
... pity . I shall scarce recover my spirits these three days . Sure , to live upon such terms is worse than death itself . And yet , when I consider my own situation , a broken fortune , a hopeless passion , friends in distress ; the wish ...
Page 315
... pity ; the other our contempt . Distress , therefore , is the proper object of Tragedy , since the Great excite our pity by their fall ; but not equally so of Comedy , since the Actors employed in it are originally so mean , that they ...
... pity ; the other our contempt . Distress , therefore , is the proper object of Tragedy , since the Great excite our pity by their fall ; but not equally so of Comedy , since the Actors employed in it are originally so mean , that they ...
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