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Page 39
... appearance , he had wenched and gambled ; but at least on one occasion he had shown rare magnanimity and he had always been honourable , loyal , generous and brave . If peace was still denied him it looks as though it was his thoughts ...
... appearance , he had wenched and gambled ; but at least on one occasion he had shown rare magnanimity and he had always been honourable , loyal , generous and brave . If peace was still denied him it looks as though it was his thoughts ...
Page 88
... appearance increases the expectation . No one followed this practice more scrupu- lously than that very competent dramatist William Shakespeare . It is the difficulty of directing the interest that makes it so hard to write the plays ...
... appearance increases the expectation . No one followed this practice more scrupu- lously than that very competent dramatist William Shakespeare . It is the difficulty of directing the interest that makes it so hard to write the plays ...
Page 102
... appearance , not the reality , of naturalism is in place . The laugh must be sought for its own sake . The playwright's aim is not now to represent life as it is ( a tragic business ) but to com- ment on it satirically and amusingly ...
... appearance , not the reality , of naturalism is in place . The laugh must be sought for its own sake . The playwright's aim is not now to represent life as it is ( a tragic business ) but to com- ment on it satirically and amusingly ...
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