 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 510 sidor
...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 - 436 sidor
...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 - 532 sidor
...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 - 470 sidor
...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 - 748 sidor
...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 - 1816 - 624 sidor
...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 - 1816 - 514 sidor
...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 - 1816 - 492 sidor
...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 - 1082 sidor
...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 - 1816 - 616 sidor
...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,... 
