Comedy, which in all ages has been the favorite entertainment of polished nations, shared the fate of the arts and sciences, and was buried under the ruins of the Empire during the decay of letters. The germ of comedy, however, was never altogether extinguished... Memoirs of Goldoni - Page 22by Carlo Goldoni - 1828Full view - About this book
| Carlo Goldoni - Dramatists, Italian - 1877 - 442 pages
...origin, employment, and effects of these four masks. Comedy, which in all ages has been the favorite entertainment of polished nations, shared the fate...extinguished in the fertile bosom of Italy. Those who first endeavored to bring about its revival, not finding, in an ignorant age, writers of sufficient skill,... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 478 pages
...origin, employment, and effects of these four masks. Comedy, which in all ages has been the favorite entertainment of polished nations, shared the fate...extinguished in the fertile bosom of Italy. Those who first endeavored to bring about its revival, not finding in an ignorant age writers of sufficient skill,... | |
| Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 430 pages
...origin, employment, and effects of these four masks. Comedy, which in all ages has been the favorite entertainment of polished nations, shared the fate...extinguished in the fertile bosom of Italy. Those who first endeavored to bring about its revival, not finding, in an ignorant age, writers of sufficient skill,... | |
| Barrett Harper Clark - Drama - 1918 - 544 pages
...effects, of these four masks. Comedy, which in all ages has been the favorite entertainment of civilized nations, shared the fate of the arts and sciences,...extinguished in the fertile bosom of Italy. Those who first endeavored to bring about its revival not finding, in an ignorant age, writers of sufficient skill,... | |
| Barrett Harper Clark - Drama - 1918 - 534 pages
...effects, of these four masks. Comedy, which in all ages has been the favorite entertainment of civilized nations, shared the fate of the arts and sciences,...extinguished in the fertile bosom of Italy. Those who first endeavored to bring about its revival not finding, in an ignorant age, writers of sufficient skill,... | |
| Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...listen for a few minutes to a short account of the origin, employment, and effects of these four masks. sciences, and was buried under the ruins of the empire...extinguished in the fertile bosom of Italy. Those who first endeavored to bring about its revival, not finding, in an ignorant age, writers of sufficient skill,... | |
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