The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1900 - 254 pages |
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Page 38
... confess we love in comedy to see an audience naturalized behind the scenes , taken into the interest of the drama , welcomed as bystanders however . There is something un- gracious in a comic actor holding himself aloof from all ...
... confess we love in comedy to see an audience naturalized behind the scenes , taken into the interest of the drama , welcomed as bystanders however . There is something un- gracious in a comic actor holding himself aloof from all ...
Page 120
... confess ) Youth , luck , and praise , even fill'd my veins with pride— When Cupid having me ( his slave ) descried In Mars ' livery , prancing in the press , " What now , Sir Fool ! " said he : " I would no less , Look here , I say ...
... confess ) Youth , luck , and praise , even fill'd my veins with pride— When Cupid having me ( his slave ) descried In Mars ' livery , prancing in the press , " What now , Sir Fool ! " said he : " I would no less , Look here , I say ...
Page 196
... confess , is more frequently applied by females to females . They do not perceive that the satire glances upon them- selves . A poor man , of all the things in the world , should not upbraid an antagonist with poverty . Are there no ...
... confess , is more frequently applied by females to females . They do not perceive that the satire glances upon them- selves . A poor man , of all the things in the world , should not upbraid an antagonist with poverty . Are there no ...
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