 If those pieces are denied the name of comedies, yet call them by any other name, and if they are delightful, they are good. Their success, it will be said, is a mark of their merit, and it is only abridging our happiness to deny us an inlet to amusement...  The Bee: And Other Essays - Pagina 247door Oliver Goldsmith - 1903 - 281 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1804 - 188 pagina’s
...their merit, and it is only abridging our happiness to deny us an inlet to Amusement. These objections however are rather specious than solid. It is true,...Comedy •would not amuse us more ? The question is, wheiher a character supported throughout a piece •with its ridicule still attending, would not give,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 492 pagina’s
...their merit, and it is only abridging our happiness to deny us aninlet to amusement. These objections however are rather specious than solid. It is true,...ridicule still attending, would not give us more delight than this species of bastard Tragedy, which only is applauded because it is new ? A friend of mine,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 350 pagina’s
...their merit, and it is only abridging our happiness to deny us an inlet to amusement. These objections however are rather specious than solid. It is true,...ridicule still attending, would not give us more delight than this species of bastard Tragedy, which only is applauded because it is new ? A friend of mine,... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 324 pagina’s
...merit, and it is only abridging our happiness to deny us an inlet to amusement. ' These objections, however, are rather specious than solid. It is true,...more? The question is whether a character supported through a piece with its ridicule stiil attending, would not give us more delight than this species... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 492 pagina’s
...tLeir merit, and it is only abridging our happiness to deny us an inlet to Amusement. These objections however are rather specious than solid. It is true,...be allowed, that these Sentimental Pieces do often nmuse us : but the question is,' whether the True Comedy would not amuse us merely The question is,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 290 pagina’s
...merit; and it is only abridging our happiness, to deny us an inlet to amusement. ^ These objections, however, are rather specious than solid. It is true,...ridicule still attending, would not give us more delight than this species of bastard tragedy, which only is applauded because it is new ? A friend of mine,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 514 pagina’s
...their merit, and it is only abridging our happiness to deny us an inlet to amusement. These objections however are rather specious than solid. It is true,...ridicule still attending, would not give us more delight than this species of bastard tragedy, which is applauded only because it is new? A friend of mine,... | |
 | 1821 - 384 pagina’s
...however are rather specious than solid. It is.Jrue, thai amusement is a great object of the thrift ; and it will be allowed, that these sentimental pieces...ridicule still attending, would not give us more delight than this species of bastard tragedy, which only is applauded because it is new ? A friend of mine,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pagina’s
...their merit, and it is only abridging our happiness to deny us an inlet to amusement. These objections, however, are rather specious than solid. It is true,...ridicule still attending, would not give us more delight than this species dr* bastard tragedy, which only is applauded because it is new ? A friend of mine,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 pagina’s
...their merit, and it is only abridging our happiness to deny us an inlet to amusement. These objections, however, are rather specious than solid. It is true,...ridicule still attending, would not give us more delight than this species of bastard tragedy, which only is applauded because it is new ? A friend of mine,... | |
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