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... Bessus , ' yet he was above all things a tragic poet ; and though Fletcher had great power of tragic eloquence and passionate effusion , yet his comic genius was of a rarer and more pre- cious quality ; one Spanish Curate is worth many ...
... Bessus , ' yet he was above all things a tragic poet ; and though Fletcher had great power of tragic eloquence and passionate effusion , yet his comic genius was of a rarer and more pre- cious quality ; one Spanish Curate is worth many ...
Page 110
... the quality of a Parolles or a Bobadil , a Bessus or a Moron . The delight- ful encounter between the jester and the bear in the crowning interlude of La Princesse d'Élide shows once more I 10 A Study of Shakespeare .
... the quality of a Parolles or a Bobadil , a Bessus or a Moron . The delight- ful encounter between the jester and the bear in the crowning interlude of La Princesse d'Élide shows once more I 10 A Study of Shakespeare .
Page 147
... Bessus ; and Lafeu is one of the very best old men in all the range of comic art . beauty of the play , the quality which raises it to the rank of its fellows by making it loveable as well as admirable , we find only in the " sweet ...
... Bessus ; and Lafeu is one of the very best old men in all the range of comic art . beauty of the play , the quality which raises it to the rank of its fellows by making it loveable as well as admirable , we find only in the " sweet ...
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