Some Account of the English Stage, from the Restoration in 1600 to 1830, Vol. 5 of 10 (Classic Reprint)FB&C Limited, 2018年3月9日 - 640 頁 Excerpt from Some Account of the English Stage, From the Restoration in 1600 to 1830, Vol. 5 of 10 Mallet wrote his poem on Verbal Criticism to pay court to Pope by attacking Theobald, who revenged himself by observing, that an anonymous writer, like a Scotch pedlar in wit, had unbraced his pack on the subject; of whom I may fairly say, as Fal staff does of Poins, Hang him baboon! His wit is as thick as Tewksbury mustard there is no more conceit in him than in a Mallet.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
