| Oscar Wilde - 1898 - 370 Seiten
...into the most dreadful scrapes. That, my dear Algy, is the whole truth pure and simple. Algernon : The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern...either, and modern literature a complete impossibility ! Jack : That wouldn't be at all a bad thing. Algernon : Literary criticism is not your forte, my dear... | |
| Oscar Wilde - 1899 - 180 Seiten
...'gets into the most dreadful scrapes. That, my dear Algy, is the whole truth pure and simple. ALGERNON The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern...either, and modern literature a complete impossibility ! JACK That wouldn't be at all a bad thing. ALGERNON Literary criticism is not your forte, my dear... | |
| Oscar Wilde - 1908 - 472 Seiten
...gets into the most dreadful scrapes. That, my dear Algy, is the whole truth pure and simple. ALGERNON The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern...either, and modern literature a complete impossibility 1 JACK ACT I. That wouldn't be at all a bad thing. ALGERNON Literary criticism is not your forte, my... | |
| Oscar Wilde - 1905 - 246 Seiten
...gets into the most dreadful scrapes. That, my dear Algy, is the whole truth pure and simple. ALGERNON. The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern...either, and modern literature a complete impossibility ! JACK. That wouldn't be at all a bad thing. ALGERNON. Literary criticism is not jour forte, my dear... | |
| Oscar Wilde - 1905 - 236 Seiten
...relations. To know nothing about our great men is one of the necessary elements of English education. The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern...either and modern literature a complete impossibility. You may laugh, but it is a great thing to come across a woman who thoroughly understands one. The majority... | |
| Oscar Wilde - 1907 - 302 Seiten
...relations. To know nothing about our great men is one of the necessary elements of English education. The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern...either and modern literature a complete impossibility. You may laugh, but it is a great thing to come across a woman who thoroughly understands one. The number... | |
| 1911 - 598 Seiten
...77. p. 133.) — To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect. (7. 77. p. 176.) — The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern...would be very tedious if it were either and modern literaturo a complete impossibility. (7. BE p. 36.) Not only does the action frequently halt, but there... | |
| John Alexander Pierce - 1915 - 668 Seiten
...gets into the most dreadful scrapes. That, my dear Algy, is the whole truth, pure and simple. Alger. The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern...either, and modern literature a complete impossibility! Jack. That wouldn't be a bad thing. Alger. Literary criticism is not your forte, my dear fellow. Don't... | |
| Oscar Wilde - 1916 - 726 Seiten
...relations. To know nothing about our great men is one of the necessary elements of English education. The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were cither and modern literature a complete impossibility. You may laugh, but it is a great thing to come... | |
| Charlie Dunbar Broad - 1923 - 568 Seiten
...1913. CHAPTER VIII " JACK. — That, my dear Algy, is the whole truth, pure and simple. " ALGERNON. — The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern...modern literature a complete impossibility." (WILDE, Importance of being Earnest.) The Theory of Sensa, and the Critical Scientific Theory I PROPOSE now... | |
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