TWELFTH NIGHT
[P. 96.] It aims at the ludicrous. Cf. Hazlitt’s remark in the Characters on “Much Ado About Nothing”: “Perhaps that middle point of comedy was never more nicely hit in which the ludicrous blends with the tender, and our follies, turning round against themselves in support of our affections, retain nothing but their humanity.”
[P. 97.] William Congreve (1670-1729), William Wycherley (1640-1716), Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726), the chief masters of Restoration Comedy.
[P. 98.] high fantastical. i, 1, 15.
Wherefore are these things hid. i, 3, 133.
rouse the night-owl. ii, 3, 60.
Dost thou think. ii, 3, 123.
[P. 99.] We cannot agree with Dr. Johnson. See p. [49] and n.
What’s her history. ii, 4, 12.
Oh it came o’er. i, 1, 5.
[P. 100.] They give a very echo. ii, 4, 21.
Blame not this haste. iv, 3, 22.
The essay concludes with the quotation of one of the songs and Malvolio’s reading of the letter.