The Roman And English Comedy Considerd And Compard With Remarks On the Susp
The Roman And English Comedy Considerd And Compard With Remarks On the Susp
Foote Samuel
The book The Roman And English Comedy Considerd And Compard With Remarks On the Susp was written by author Foote Samuel Here you can read free online of The Roman And English Comedy Considerd And Compard With Remarks On the Susp book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Roman And English Comedy Considerd And Compard With Remarks On the Susp a good or bad book?
What reading level is The Roman And English Comedy Considerd And Compard With Remarks On the Susp book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The former poflfefled moft Know- ledge and Judgment, the fecond moft Fancy and Fire, the laft moft Propriety, Eafe, and Elegance. The firft, in order to preferve Cor- real nefs, was often flat ; Congree^je, too roving and unconfin'd ; and, Vanburgh, too immoral. Diveft this laft Writer of this Failing, and his Comedies arc unexceptionably the beft in the Language. ^ I ought to make ibme Apology for my fi- lence with regard to JVycherly, Olway, Farquar^ and Cibber \ but as thefe Writers poflefs ...the fame Beauties and Errors in common with thofe already mentioned, it will be iinneceflfary to trouble you with a particular Defcription of their Works ; I fliall therefore clofe this Trea- tife, but not before I have paid my Tribute to the Geuius of an Author, whofe firft Pro- dudion has given him a Claim to be rank*d in the firft Clafs. It will (I doubt not) be often mentioned by future Generations, that in the Year 1746, Dr; Hoadley produced a Comedy, called the Sufpicious Hujhand 5 in which he has found Means to give the ( 27 ) the higheft Delight, without having recourfe to the low ufual Arts of Bawdy and Buf- foonry.
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: