In the ludicrous distresses, which, by the laws of comedy, folly is often involved in ; he sunk into such a mixture of piteous pusillanimity, and a consternation so ruefully ridiculous and inconsolable, that when he had shook you, to a fatigue of laughter,... The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Página 107por John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Thomas Otway - 1926 - 352 páginas
...believed that, naturally, he could have a grain of common sense." We may picture him as Sir Davy Dunce, " sunk into such a mixture of piteous pusillanimity,...ruefully ridiculous and inconsolable, that when he had shaken you to a fatigue of laughter, it became a moot point, whether you ought not to have pitied him.... | |
| Thomas Otway - 1998 - 516 páginas
...hard to watch'. ' * Cibber's celebration of Nokes's skills contains a passage which is relevant here: 'In the ludicrous Distresses, which by the Laws of Comedy, Folly is often involv'd in, he sunk into such a mixture of piteous Pusillanimity, and a Consternation so rufully ridiculous... | |
| Colley Cibber, Byrne R. S. Fone - 2000 - 422 páginas
...reverend Auditors. In the ludicrous Distresses, which by the Laws of Comedy, Folly is often involv'd in; he sunk into such a mixture of piteous Pusillanimity, and a Consternation so rufully ridiculous and inconsolable, that when he had shook you, to a Fatigue of Laughter, it became... | |
| Colley Cibber, Byrne R. S. Fone - 2000 - 422 páginas
...have been honour'd (may it be no Offence to suppose it) with such grave, and right reverend Auditors. In the ludicrous Distresses, which by the Laws of Comedy, Folly is often involv'd in; he sunk into such a mixture of piteous Pusillanimity, and a Consternation so rufully ridiculous... | |
| 1862 - 516 páginas
...individuality of style, of which Mr. Keeley, perhaps, has been the aptest representative, of later days : " In the ludicrous distresses, which, by the laws of comedy, folly is often involved in, he sank into such a mixture of piteous pusillanimity, and a consternation so ruefully ridiculous and inconsolable,... | |
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