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... thoughts ? It may be said that Maskwell intends that he should do so , and deliber- ately speaks for that purpose . But this plea is of no avail ; for if we admit , as Congreve starts by admit- ting ... thought - readers 22 WILLIAM CONGREVE.
... thoughts ? It may be said that Maskwell intends that he should do so , and deliber- ately speaks for that purpose . But this plea is of no avail ; for if we admit , as Congreve starts by admit- ting ... thought - readers 22 WILLIAM CONGREVE.
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William Congreve. for the nonce , a company of thought - readers , to whom his brain is supernormally transparent . But when another person on the stage hears him , the assumption that he is merely thinking breaks down , and all plausi ...
William Congreve. for the nonce , a company of thought - readers , to whom his brain is supernormally transparent . But when another person on the stage hears him , the assumption that he is merely thinking breaks down , and all plausi ...
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... thought a too " tragic " character . This I cannot for a moment believe . It is a reading of modern fastidiousness into the eighteenth - century public , and a fastidiousness , too , which many modern audiences do not exhibit . Witwoud ...
... thought a too " tragic " character . This I cannot for a moment believe . It is a reading of modern fastidiousness into the eighteenth - century public , and a fastidiousness , too , which many modern audiences do not exhibit . Witwoud ...
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... thoughts ; and to that end is forced to make use of the expedient of speech , no other better way being yet invented for the communication of thought . Another very wrong objection has been made by some , who have not taken leisure to ...
... thoughts ; and to that end is forced to make use of the expedient of speech , no other better way being yet invented for the communication of thought . Another very wrong objection has been made by some , who have not taken leisure to ...
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... thought your fear of her had been over . Is not to - morrow appointed for your marriage with Cyn- thia ; and her father , Sir Paul Plyant , come to settle the writings this day , on purpose ? Mel . True ; but you shall judge whether I ...
... thought your fear of her had been over . Is not to - morrow appointed for your marriage with Cyn- thia ; and her father , Sir Paul Plyant , come to settle the writings this day , on purpose ? Mel . True ; but you shall judge whether I ...
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Strona 46 - And just abandoning the ungrateful stage : Unprofitably kept at Heaven's expense, I live a rent-charge on his providence. But you, whom every Muse and Grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born, Be kind to my remains ; and, oh defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend! Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue, But shade those laurels which descend to you : And take for tribute what these lines express ; You merit more, nor could my love do less.
Strona 44 - But what we gain'd in skill we lost in strength. Our builders were with want of genius curst; The second temple was not like the first: Till you, the best Vitruvius, come at length; Our beauties equal, but excel our strength. Firm Doric pillars found your solid base; The fair Corinthian crowns the higher space: Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
Strona 357 - Ah, madam, there was a time! — but let it be forgotten — I confess I have deservedly forfeited the high place I once held of sighing at your feet. Nay, kill me not, by turning from me in disdain.
Strona 388 - How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.
Strona 294 - Sdeath they come, hide your face, your tears— you have a mask, wear it a moment. This way, this way, be persuaded.
Strona 316 - Well, an illiterate man's my aversion; I wonder at the impudence of any illiterate man to offer to make love.
Strona 328 - Daunted, no. that's not it, it is not so much for that — for if so be that I set on't, I'll do't. But only for the present, 'tis sufficient 'till further acquaintance, that's all — your servant. Mrs.
Strona 280 - Tis no matter for that, his wit will excuse that. A wit should no more be sincere than a woman constant: one argues a decay of parts, as t'other of beauty.
Strona 231 - And the cropt prentice, that sweeps his master's shop in the morning, may, ten to one, dirty his sheets before night. But there are two things that you will see very strange ; which are wanton wives with their legs at liberty, and tame cuckolds with chains about their necks.
Strona 315 - Then I alone the conquest prize, When I insult a rival's eyes: If there's delight in love, 'tis when I see That heart which others bleed for, bleed for me.