Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction And the Drama
The book Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction And the Drama was written by author Brewer Ebenezer Cobham Here you can read free online of Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction And the Drama book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction And the Drama a good or bad book?
What reading level is Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction And the Drama book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
— Klop- stock. The Messiah, xiLi. (1771). Obadi'ah, "the foolish fat scullion" in Sterne's novel of Tristram Shandy (1759). Ohadiah, clerk to Justice Day. A nin- compoop, fond of drinking, but with just a shade more brains than Abel Day, who is " a thorough ass " (act i. 1). — T. Knight, The Honest Thieves (died 1820). This farce is a mere rechauffe of The Committee (1670), a comedy by the Hon. Sir R. Howard, the names and much of the conversation being identical. Colonel Blunt is called in the... farce "Captain Manly." Obadiah Prim, a canting, knavish hypocrite; one of the four guardians of OBADIAH PEIM 113 O'BRIEN Anne Lovely, the heiress. Colonel Feign- well personates Simon Pure, and obtains the Quaker's consent to his marriage with Anne Lovely. — Mrs. Centlivre, A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1717). Obermann, the impersonation of high moral worth without talent, and the tor- tures endured by the consciousness of this defect. — Etienne Pi vert de Sen'ancour, Ohermann (1804). Oberon, king of the fairies, quarrelled with his wife, Titania, about a " change- ling" which Oberon wanted for a page, but Titania refused to give up.
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
User Reviews: