 | John Richard Green - 1874 - 1076 pages
...highwaymen and pickpockets. " It fc difficult to determine," said the witty playwright, " whether the fin; gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road, or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen." And now that the " fine gentlemen n» represented by hoary jobbers such as Newcastle, the public conton?... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1875 - 912 pages
...of highwaymen and pickpockets. " It is difficult to determine," said the witty playwright, " whether the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road,...or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen." And now that the " fine gentlemen " were represented by hoary jobbers such as Newcastle, the public... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1876 - 472 pages
...society; it was hard to discriminate between them; the manners, wit, conduct, morality in both were alike. "Through the whole piece you may observe such a similitude...of the road, or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen."2 ^ Wherein, for example, is Peachum different from a great minister ? Like him, he is a... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1877 - 920 pages
...of highwaymen and pickpockets. * It is difficult to determine," said the witty playwright, " whether the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road,...or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen." And now that the " fine gentlemen " were represented by hoary jobbers such as Newcastle, the public... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 516 pages
...Polly,' under the guise of highwaymen and pickpockets. "It is difficult to determine," he said, " whether the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road,...the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen." The " fine gentlemen " were now represented by Newcastle and his myrmidons, and the public scorn was deeper... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 518 pages
...Polly,' under the guise of highwaymen and pickpockets. "It is difficult to determine," he said, " whether the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road,...the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen." The " fine gentlemen " were now represented by Newcastle and his myrmidons, and the public scorn was deeper... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1882 - 504 pages
...of highwaymen and pickpockets. "It is difficult to determine," said the witty playwright, "whether the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road,...or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen." Much of this virulence sprang, no doubt, from a real contempt of the selfishness and corruption which... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1883 - 516 pages
...is az udvarnál vagy társaságban .... Hogyan ! nőül mégysz Macheath-hez, csupán azért, mert 9 Through the whole piece, you may observe such a similitude...gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road, or the gentleicen of the road the fine gentlemen. szereted ? Szereted ! szereted ! Azt hittem, a kisasszony... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1886 - 396 pages
...the last scene, through the mouth of one of his characters :—' Through the whole piece,' he says, 'you may observe such a similitude of manners in high...difficult to determine whether, in the fashionable views, the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road, or the gentlemen of the road the fine... | |
 | Israel Smith Clare - 1893 - 768 pages
...guise of highwaymen and pickpockets. Said the witty playwright: "It is difficult to determine whether the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road,...or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen." As the "fine gentlemen" were represented faction which comes from a long and undisputed lease of power.... | |
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Through the whole piece you may observe such a similitude of manners in high and low life, that it is difficult to determine whether (in the fashionable vices) the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road, or the gentlemen of the road the fine... 
