 | Sir Adolphus William Ward - English drama - 1875 - 658 pages
...Yet these together with a number of other characters furnish an abundant variety, and the action is should steal a Dialogue of any length, from the Extempore...wittiest Men upon Earth, he would find the Scene but coldly receiv'd by the Town.' 1 See the Dedication to The Mourning Bride. * Dryden, of whose weaknesses... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English wit and humor - 1885 - 572 pages
...features larger in proportion, and yet be very like the original. If this Exactness of Quantity were to be observed in Wit, as some would have it in Humour; what would become of those characters that are designed for men of Wit? I believe if a Poet should steal a Dialogue of any length, from the Extempore... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward - English drama - 1899 - 620 pages
...devoid of moral 1 ' I believe,' he says in the letter to Dennis already quoted, ' if a Poet should start a Dialogue of any length, from the Extempore Discourse...Wittiest Men upon Earth, he would find the Scene but coldly receiv'd by the Town.' '• See cg Gavot's song in The Old Bachelor, act ii. sc. 9. * The Double-... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward - English drama - 1899 - 622 pages
...devoid of moral 1 ' I believe,' he says in the letter to Dennis already quoted, ' if a Poet should start a Dialogue of any length, from the Extempore Discourse of the two Wittiest Men upon Earth, lie would find the Scene but coldly receiv'd by the Town.' 2 See eg Gavot's song in The Old Bachelor,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1905 - 456 pages
...The distance of the stage requires the figure represented to be something larger than the life. ... If a poet should steal a dialogue of any length from the extempore discourse of the wildest men upon earth, he would find the scene but coldly received by the town.' Ib. p. 88. ' I never... | |
 | Joel Elias Spingarn - Criticism - 1909 - 678 pages
...hinted some dislike of it for the same Reason, in a Letter to me concerning some of Johnson's Plays. »5 Let us suppose Morose to be a Man Naturally Splenetick...Wittiest Men upon Earth, he would find the Scene but 20 coldly receiv'd by the Town. But to the purpose. The Character of Sir John Daw in the same Play... | |
 | English drama (Comedy) - 1913 - 666 pages
...observed in Wit, as some would have it in Humour, what would become of those characters that are designed for Men of Wit. I believe if a poet should steal a...wittiest men upon earth, he would find the scene but coldly received by the town." Morose's dislike of noise is not a huge wen, which if amputated the patient... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley - English drama (Comedy) - 1913 - 662 pages
...features larger in proportion, and yet be very like the original. If this exactness of quantity were to be observed in Wit, as some would have it in Humour, what would become of those characters that are designed for Men of Wit. I believe if a poet should steal a dialogue of any length from the extempore... | |
 | Barrett Harper Clark - Drama - 1918 - 528 pages
...have it in humor, what would become of those comedies that are designed for men of wit? I believe that if a poet should steal a dialogue of any length from...wittiest men upon earth, he would find the scene but coldly received by the town. But to the purpose. The character of Sir John Daw hi the same play is... | |
 | George Pierce Baker - Drama - 1919 - 554 pages
...aside should, therefore, be used with great care. — Congreve, writing of ordinary human speech said, "I believe if a poet should steal a dialogue of any...wittiest men upon earth, he would find the scene but coldly received by the town." * 1 Tkl Foundation! of a National Drama, p. «3. HA Jone». George H.... | |
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I believe if a Poet should steal a Dialogue of any length, from the Extempore Discourse of the two Wittiest Men upon Earth, he would find the Scene but coldly receiv'd by the Town. 
