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... be produced in spite of them . But , tragedy apart , it may be inquired whether ,
in certain characters in comedy , especially those which are a little extravagant ,
or which involve some notion repugnant to the moral sense. 25 Stage ILLUSION.
... be produced in spite of them . But , tragedy apart , it may be inquired whether ,
in certain characters in comedy , especially those which are a little extravagant ,
or which involve some notion repugnant to the moral sense. 25 Stage ILLUSION.
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or which involve some notion repugnant to the moral sense , it is not a proof of
the highest skill in the comedian when , without absolutely appealing to an
audience , he keeps up a tacit understanding with them ; and makes them ...
or which involve some notion repugnant to the moral sense , it is not a proof of
the highest skill in the comedian when , without absolutely appealing to an
audience , he keeps up a tacit understanding with them ; and makes them ...
Page 27
... uneasy sense of a reality . Comedians , paradoxical as it may seem , may be
too natural . It was the case with a late actor . Nothing could be more earnest or
true than the manner of Mr Emery ; this told excellently in his Tyke , and
characters ...
... uneasy sense of a reality . Comedians , paradoxical as it may seem , may be
too natural . It was the case with a late actor . Nothing could be more earnest or
true than the manner of Mr Emery ; this told excellently in his Tyke , and
characters ...
Page 31
... didst play thy brief antics amongst us , was in truth any thing but a prison to
thee , as the vain Platonist dreams of this body to be no better than a county goal
, forsooth , or some house of durance vile , whereof the five senses are the fetters
.
... didst play thy brief antics amongst us , was in truth any thing but a prison to
thee , as the vain Platonist dreams of this body to be no better than a county goal
, forsooth , or some house of durance vile , whereof the five senses are the fetters
.
Page 39
... to him , not magnificently distributed by him . Waiving his great loss as nothing ,
and magnificently sinking the sense of fallen material grandeur in the more
liberal resentment of depreciations done to his more lofty intellectual pretensions
.
... to him , not magnificently distributed by him . Waiving his great loss as nothing ,
and magnificently sinking the sense of fallen material grandeur in the more
liberal resentment of depreciations done to his more lofty intellectual pretensions
.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Last Essays of Elia |
| Author | Charles Lamb |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Dent, 1901 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 254 pages |
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