 | George Henry Nettleton - 1914 - 396 Seiten
...replete with sense and satire, conveyed in the most polished and pointed terms. Every page presents a shower of brilliant conceits, is a tissue of epigrams...new triumph of wit, a new conquest over dulness.' In the record of English comedy Congreve holds a foremost place. His early work, especially The Old... | |
 | 1918 - 492 Seiten
...replete with sense and satire, conveyed in the most polished and pointed terms. Every page presents a shower of brilliant conceits, is a tissue of epigrams...prose, is a new triumph of wit, a new conquest over dullness. The fire of artful raillery is nowhere else so well kept up. This style, which he was almost... | |
 | Benjamin Brawley - 1921 - 278 Seiten
...replete with sense and satire, conveyed in the most polished and pointed; terms. Every page presents a shower of brilliant conceits, is a tissue of epigrams...prose, is a new triumph of wit, a new conquest over dullness. . . . There is a peculiar flavor in the very words, which is to be found in hardly any other... | |
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His style is inimitable, nay perfect. It is the highest model of comic dialogue. Every sentence is replete with sense and satire, conveyed in the most polished and pointed terms. Every page presents a shower of brilliant conceits, is a tissue of epigrams... 
