Chamber's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 2 |
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Page 49
... Country Wife Widow Blackacre and Olivia in the Plain Dealer . These , tho ' not all the exceptionable characters , are the most remarkable . I'm sorry the author should stoop his wit thus low , and use his understanding so unkindly ...
... Country Wife Widow Blackacre and Olivia in the Plain Dealer . These , tho ' not all the exceptionable characters , are the most remarkable . I'm sorry the author should stoop his wit thus low , and use his understanding so unkindly ...
Page 65
... Country Wife ( 1675 ) , and The Plain Dealer ( 1677 ) . The first ( written , according to its author , when he was nineteen ) was received with applause ; the second , a farcical comedy of intrigue , was not so popular ; the Country Wife ...
... Country Wife ( 1675 ) , and The Plain Dealer ( 1677 ) . The first ( written , according to its author , when he was nineteen ) was received with applause ; the second , a farcical comedy of intrigue , was not so popular ; the Country Wife ...
Page 80
... Wife or The Relapse ; yet the latter were for many years highly popular ... Country House , The Confederacy , The Mistake ( from Molière in 1705 ) ... country knight , the gallantry of town - wits and fortune - hunters , and the love of ...
... Wife or The Relapse ; yet the latter were for many years highly popular ... Country House , The Confederacy , The Mistake ( from Molière in 1705 ) ... country knight , the gallantry of town - wits and fortune - hunters , and the love of ...
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