...At once obsequious and malignant, he satirises in their absence those whom he lives by flattering. He is familiar with the prince only as an agent of...Lancaster. Yet the man thus corrupt, thus despicable, makes 1 Following on the second part of Kin* Htn>y IV., Ur Johnion's edition, 1765. himself necessary to...

...defenseless. At once obsequious and malignant he satirises in their absence those whom he lives by flattering. He is familiar with the Prince only as an agent of...perpetual gaiety, by an unfailing power of exciting laughter which is the more freely indulged, as his wit is not of the splendid or ambitious kind but...

...once obsequious and malignant, he satirizes in their absence those whom he lives by flattering . . . Yet the man thus corrupt, thus despicable, makes himself...perpetual gaiety, by an unfailing power of exciting laughter, which is the more freely indulged, as his wit is not of the splendid or ambitious kind, but...

...At once obsequious and malignant, he satirises in their absence those whom he lives by flattering. He is familiar with the prince only as an agent of...perpetual gaiety, by an unfailing power of exciting laughter, which is the more freely indulged as his wit is not of the splendid or ambitious kind, but...

...is worth recalling that Samuel Johnson, after clearly enumerating FalstafTs flaws, concluded that: the man thus corrupt, thus despicable, makes himself...perpetual gaiety, by an unfailing power of exciting laughter, which is the more freely indulged, as his wit is not of the splendid or ambitious kind, but...

...Johnson's view, dominates: But Falstaff unimitated, unimitable Falstaff, how shall I describe thee? . . . The man thus corrupt, thus despicable, makes himself...perpetual gaiety, by an unfailing power of exciting laughter. (523) We recognize in this description the admiration for the portrayal of exuberant energy...

...At once obsequious and malignant, he satirizes in their absence those whom he lives by flattering. He is familiar with the prince only as an agent of...perpetual gaiety, by an unfailing power of exciting laughter, which is the more freely indulged, as his wit is not of the splendid or ambitious kind, but...

...1932), 88-89. Dr. Johnson's discussion of Falstaffs allure culminates in a warning about its danger: Yet the man thus corrupt, thus despicable, makes himself...perpetual gaiety, by an unfailing power of exciting laughter, which is the more freely indulged, as his wit is not of the splendid or ambitious kind, but...

...defenceless. At once obsequious and malignant, he satirizes in their absence those whom he lives by nattering. He is familiar with the Prince only as an agent of...perpetual gaiety, by an unfailing power of exciting laughter, which is the more freely indulged, as his wit is not of the splendid or ambitious kind, but...

...At once obsequious and malignant, he satirises in their absence those whom he lives by flattering. He is familiar with the prince only as an agent of...perpetual gaiety, by an unfailing power of exciting laughter, which is the more freely indulged, as his wit is not of the splendid or ambitious kind, but...