The Dramatic Works of John Ford: With an Introduction, and Notes Critical and Explanatory, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1831 - English drama |
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Page xxvi
... language of the secondary characters than is commonly found in his plays ; and , could we suppose that the idle buffoonery was introduced at a later period , in compliance with the taste of the age , which seems to have found a strange ...
... language of the secondary characters than is commonly found in his plays ; and , could we suppose that the idle buffoonery was introduced at a later period , in compliance with the taste of the age , which seems to have found a strange ...
Page xxix
... language of the age , which , though strictly speaking not licentious , were little polished by the collison of good society , which , indeed , could then be scarcely said to exist . Our poet , however , entertained no misgivings of ...
... language of the age , which , though strictly speaking not licentious , were little polished by the collison of good society , which , indeed , could then be scarcely said to exist . Our poet , however , entertained no misgivings of ...
Page xxxi
... language can induce us to admit the lawfulness of a comparison with Shakspeare it is this . " * There is little to add to this commendation ; and much cannot with justice be taken away from it . It may , however , be observed , that the ...
... language can induce us to admit the lawfulness of a comparison with Shakspeare it is this . " * There is little to add to this commendation ; and much cannot with justice be taken away from it . It may , however , be observed , that the ...
Page xxxiv
... language of the serious parts , however , is deserving of high praise , and the more prominent characters are skilfully discriminated , and powerfully sustained : but the piece has no medium ; all that is not excellent is intolerably ...
... language of the serious parts , however , is deserving of high praise , and the more prominent characters are skilfully discriminated , and powerfully sustained : but the piece has no medium ; all that is not excellent is intolerably ...
Page xxxvi
... language ; yet this was apparently the last of his dramatic labours , and here he suddenly disappears from view . Much as has been said of the dramatic poets of Elizabeth and James's days , full justice has never yet been rendered to ...
... language ; yet this was apparently the last of his dramatic labours , and here he suddenly disappears from view . Much as has been said of the dramatic poets of Elizabeth and James's days , full justice has never yet been rendered to ...
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