 English from their natural reservedness ; loosened them from their stiff forms of conversation, and made them easy and pliant to each other in discourse. Thus, insensibly, our way of living became more free; and the fire of the English wit, which was...  Quarterly Review - Página 2081823Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
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...thought it had effected a great improvement over the discourse of an earlier age ; he maintained that "the fire of the English wit, which was before stifled...force, by mixing the solidity of our nation with the air and gaiety of our neighbors." II If we examine the comedies of the period we find the striving... | |
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