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" ... is only thinking, and thinking such matter as were inexcusable folly in him to speak. But because we are concealed spectators of the plot in agitation, and the poet finds it necessary to let us know the whole mystery of his contrivance, he is willing... "
The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on Their ... - Page 45
1806
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1852 - 522 pages
...thinking, and thinking (frequently) such matter as it were inexcusable folly in him to speak. But because we are concealed spectators of the plot in agitation,...inform us of this person's thoughts; and to that end it forced to moke use of the expedient of speech, no other better way being yet invented for the communication...
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1853 - 542 pages
...thinking, and thinking (frequently) such matter as it were inexcusable folly in him to speak. But because we are concealed spectators of the plot in agitation,...is willing to inform us of this person's thoughts ; ai.d to that end is forced to make use of the expedient of speech, no other better way being yet...
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The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar

William Wycherley - 1875 - 770 pages
...to let ue know the whole mystery of hit) contrivance, he is willing to inform us of thin person 's better way being yet invented for the communication of thought. Another very wrong objection has been...
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The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar

William Wycherley - 1875 - 770 pages
...only thinking, and thinking »uch mutter as were inexcusable folly In him to speak. But because we arc co ue know the whole mystery of hi, contrivance, he Is willing to inform us of this person's thoughts...
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THE MERMAID SERIES

WILLIAM CONGREVE - 1887 - 556 pages
...he is only thinking, and thinking such matter as were inexcusable folly in him to speak. But because we are concealed spectators of the plot in agitation,...forced to make use of the expedient of speech, no other better way being yet invented for the communication of thought. Another very wrong objection has been...
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Life of William Congreve

Edmund Gosse - 1888 - 220 pages
...is only thinking, and thinking such matter as it were inexcusable folly in him to speak. But because we are concealed spectators of the plot in agitation,...forced to make use of the expedient of speech, no other better way being yet invented for the communication of thought." Notwithstanding these ingenious arguments,...
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William Congreve

William Congreve - 1888 - 540 pages
...he is only thinking, and thinking such matter as were inexcusable folly in him to speak. But because we are concealed spectators of the plot in agitation,...forced to make use of the expedient of speech, no other better way being yet invented for the communication of thought. Another very wrong objection has been...
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Life of William Congreve

Edmund Gosse - 1888 - 214 pages
...such matter as it were inexcusable folly in him to speak. But because we are concealed spectatorsof the plot in agitation, and the Poet finds it necessary...let us know the whole mystery of his contrivance, heis willing to inform us of this person's thoughts, and^ to that end is forced to make use of the...
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Essays in Dramatic Criticism: With Impressions of Some Modern Plays

Louis DuPont Syle - 1898 - 186 pages
...is only thinking, and thinking such matters as were inexcusable folly in him to speak. But because we are concealed spectators of the plot in agitation,...forced to make use of the expedient of speech, no other better way being yet invented for the communication of thought." In The Double Dealer, written some...
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William Congreve

William Congreve - 1903 - 540 pages
...he is only thinking, and thinking such matter as were inexcusable folly in him to speak. But because we are concealed spectators of the plot in agitation,...forced to make use of the expedient of speech, no other better way being yet invented for the communication of thought. Another very wrong objection has been...
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