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A Prologue written and spoken by the Poet Laberius . Prologue to Zobeide . . . . . .
. . Epilogue spoken by Mr . Lee Lewes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Epilogue to the
Comedy of the Sister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epilogue to the Good - Natured Man .
A Prologue written and spoken by the Poet Laberius . Prologue to Zobeide . . . . . .
. . Epilogue spoken by Mr . Lee Lewes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Epilogue to the
Comedy of the Sister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epilogue to the Good - Natured Man .
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all the sweetness of pastoral poetry , together with all the vivacity of comedy .
Moses and his spectacles , the vicar and his monogamy , the sharper and his
cosmogony , the squire proving from Aristotle that relatives are related , Olivia ...
all the sweetness of pastoral poetry , together with all the vivacity of comedy .
Moses and his spectacles , the vicar and his monogamy , the sharper and his
cosmogony , the squire proving from Aristotle that relatives are related , Olivia ...
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During some years , more tears were shed at comedies than at tragedies ; and a
pleasantry which moved the audience to any thing more than a grave smile , was
reprobated as low . It is not strange , therefore , that the very best scene in the ...
During some years , more tears were shed at comedies than at tragedies ; and a
pleasantry which moved the audience to any thing more than a grave smile , was
reprobated as low . It is not strange , therefore , that the very best scene in the ...
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The sentimental comedy still reigned , and Goldsmith ' s comedies were not
sentimental . The Goodnatured Man had been too funny to succeed ; yet the mirth
of the Good - natured Man was sober when compared with the rich drollery of
She ...
The sentimental comedy still reigned , and Goldsmith ' s comedies were not
sentimental . The Goodnatured Man had been too funny to succeed ; yet the mirth
of the Good - natured Man was sober when compared with the rich drollery of
She ...
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When Goldsmith ' s comedy of She Stoops to Conquer ' was to be brought out on
the stage , on the 15th of March , in this year , he was at a loss what name to give
it , till the very last moment , and then , in great haste , called it , She Stoops to ...
When Goldsmith ' s comedy of She Stoops to Conquer ' was to be brought out on
the stage , on the 15th of March , in this year , he was at a loss what name to give
it , till the very last moment , and then , in great haste , called it , She Stoops to ...
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| Title | Poetical Works |
| Author | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, 1862 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 6 mär. 2009 |
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