...ages, a new species of dramatic composition has been introduced, under the name of sentimental comedy, in which the virtues of private life are exhibited,...faults of mankind make our interest in the piece. These comedies have had of late great success, perhaps from their novelty, and also from their nattering...

...ages, a new species of dramatic composition has been introduced, under the name of sentimental comedy, in which the virtues of private life are exhibited,...faults of mankind make our interest in the piece. These comedies have had of late great success, perhaps from their novelty, and also from their flattering...

...Dobson's edition of The Good Natur'd Man and She Stoops to Conquer in the Belles-Lettres Series. acters are good, and exceedingly generous ; they are lavish...their tin money on the stage ; and though they want humour, have abundance of sentiment and feeling. If they happen to have faults or foibles, the spectator...

...of that play. Goldsmith defined the compositions of Kelly and Cumberland as "sentimental comedies, in which the virtues of private life are exhibited,...the vices exposed ; and the distresses rather than t\\e faults of mankind make our interest in the piece." His own Good Natur'd Man, although strong comic...

...of that play. Goldsmith defined the compositions of Kelly and Cumberland as " sentimental comedies, in which the virtues of private life are exhibited,...vices exposed ; and the distresses rather than the -3i8 THE POETS OF THE DECADENCE CHAP. faults of mankind make our interest in the piece." His own Good...

...ages, a new species of dramatic composition has been introduced, under the name of tentimental comedy, in which the virtues of private life are exhibited,...faults of mankind make our interest in the piece. These comedies have had of late great success, perhaps from their novelty, and also from their flattering...

...ages, a new species of dramatic composition has been introduced, under the name of sentimental comyedy, in which the virtues of private life are exhibited, rather than the vices exposed; and thé distresses rather than the faults of mankind make our interest in the piece. These comedies have...

...The Good Natur'd Man and She Stoops to Conquer, xiii. duced, under the name «f sentimental comedy, in which the virtues of private life are exhibited,...faults of mankind make our interest in the piece. These comedies have had of late great success, perhaps from their novelty, and also from their flattering...

...of that play. Goldsmith defined the compositions of Kelly and Cumberland as "sentimental comedies, in which the virtues of private life are exhibited,...faults of mankind make our interest in the piece." His own Good Natur'd Man, although strong comic writing is introduced, shows to a considerable extent...

...1772. " A new species of drama has been introduced," he said, " under the name of Sentimental comedy, in which the virtues of private life are exhibited,...faults of mankind make our interest in the piece." He goes on to point out that these comedies have had a great success both because they are new, and...