William CongreveAmerican Book Company, 1912 - 466 pages |
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Page 14
... keeping clear the threads of an intricate series of deceptions . But this was a form of complexity to which the public was thoroughly inured ; and the trick , from first to last , occupied only some ten or fifteen minutes , thus placing ...
... keeping clear the threads of an intricate series of deceptions . But this was a form of complexity to which the public was thoroughly inured ; and the trick , from first to last , occupied only some ten or fifteen minutes , thus placing ...
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... keep on soliloquizing and let his Lordship overhear a confession of his love for Cynthia . We know from Congreve's Epistle Dedicatory that one of the features of his play on which criticism fastened was his use of soliloquy ; and Mr ...
... keep on soliloquizing and let his Lordship overhear a confession of his love for Cynthia . We know from Congreve's Epistle Dedicatory that one of the features of his play on which criticism fastened was his use of soliloquy ; and Mr ...
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... keep the threads clear for two consecutive minutes . And , after all , even if the plot should succeed , one does not see how Maskwell is to make Cynthia marry him . To do her justice , she is not a young lady who is likely to be ...
... keep the threads clear for two consecutive minutes . And , after all , even if the plot should succeed , one does not see how Maskwell is to make Cynthia marry him . To do her justice , she is not a young lady who is likely to be ...
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... The Double - Dealer a large part of the scanty time at the playwright's command was given up to the mere mechanism of the intrigue ; in Love for Love there is no more intrigue than is necessary to keep 28 WILLIAM CONGREVE.
... The Double - Dealer a large part of the scanty time at the playwright's command was given up to the mere mechanism of the intrigue ; in Love for Love there is no more intrigue than is necessary to keep 28 WILLIAM CONGREVE.
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William Congreve. there is no more intrigue than is necessary to keep the personages in motion , and exhibit their characters in divers aspects . And the characters themselves have the merit ( from the point of view of popular ac ...
William Congreve. there is no more intrigue than is necessary to keep the personages in motion , and exhibit their characters in divers aspects . And the characters themselves have the merit ( from the point of view of popular ac ...
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Page 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.
Page 334 - ... tea-table talk— such as mending of fashions, spoiling reputations, railing at absent friends, and so forth— but that on no account you encroach upon the men's prerogative, and presume to drink healths, or toast fellows...
Page 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.
Page 390 - 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.
Page 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.
Page 350 - O daughter, daughter, is it possible thou should'st be my child, bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh, and as I may say, another me, and yet transgress the most minute particle of severe virtue?
Page 334 - Are you? I think I have— and the horrid man looks as if he thought so too— well, you ridiculous thing you, I'll have you — I won't be kissed, nor I won't be thanked— here kiss my hand though. — So, hold your tongue now, don't say a word.
Page 157 - O Mr. Trapland, my old friend, welcome ! — Jeremy, a chair quickly ; a bottle of sack and a toast ; — fly — a chair first.
Page 416 - Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
Page 365 - em judging in the pit; Though they're on no pretence for judgment fit, But that they have been damned for want of wit. . Since when, they by their own offences taught, Set up for spies on plays and finding fault.