 | William Shakespeare - 1811
...successful, when he engages his characters in reciprocations of smartness and contests of sarcasm ; their jests are commonly gross, and their pleasantry licentious ; neither his gentlemen nor his ladies have much delicary, nor are sufficiently distinguished from his clowns by any appearance of refined manners.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810
...successful, when he engages his characters in reciprocations of smartness and contests of sarcasm ; their jests are commonly gross, and their pleasantry licentious...from his clowns by any appearance of refined manners. Whether he represented the real conversation of his time is not easy to determine ; the reign of Elizabeth... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814
...successful, when he engages his characters in reciprocations of smartness and contests of sarcasm ; their jests are commonly gross, and their pleasantry licentious;...from his clowns by any appearance of refined manners. Whether he represented the real conversation of his time is not easy to determine ; the reign of Klizfabeth... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814
...successful, when he engages his characters in reciprocations of smartness and contests of sarcasm ; their jests are commonly gross, and their pleasantry licentious ; neither his gentlemen nor his ladies have much dflleacy, nor are sufficiently distinguished from his clowns bv any appearance of refined manners.... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1815
...successful when he engages his characters in reciprocations of smartness and contests of sarcasm ; their jests are commonly gross, and their pleasantry licentious ; neither his Gentlemen nor Ladies have much delicacy, nor are sufficiently distinguished from his clowns by any appearance of... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816
...successful, when he engages his characters in reciprocations of smartness and contest of sarcasm: their jests are commonly gross, and their pleasantry licentious...from his clowns by any appearance of refined manners. Whether he represented the real conversation of his time, is not easy to determine. The reign of Elizabeth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816
...successful, when he engages his characters in reciprocations of smartness and contests of sarcasm : their jests are commonly gross, and their pleasantry licentious...from his clowns by any appearance of refined manners. Whether he represented the real conversation of his time is not easy to determine : the reign of Elizabeth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816
...successful, when he engages his characters in reciprocations of smartness and contests of sarcasm : their jests are commonly gross, and their pleasantry licentious...from his clowns by any appearance of refined manners. Whether he represented the real conversation of his time is not easy to determine : the reign of Elizabeth... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816
...successful, when he engages his characters in reciprocations of smartness and contest! of sarcasm; their jests are commonly gross, and their pleasantry licentious;...from his clowns by any appearance of refined manners. Whether he represented the real conversation of his time a not easy to determine ; the reign of Elizabeth... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816
...successful, when he engages his characters in reciprocations of smartness and contest of sarcasm : their jests are commonly gross, and their pleasantry licentious ; neither his gentlemen nor liis ladies have much delicacy, nor are sufficiently distinguished from his clowns by any appearance... | |
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In his comic scenes he is seldom very successful when he engages his characters in reciprocations of smartness and contests of sarcasm; their jests are commonly gross and their pleasantry licentious; neither his gentlemen nor his ladies have much delicacy,... 
