But with the Romans the theatre lost its dignity, and was degraded to low buffoonery, indecencies the most repulsive, and to gaudy spectacles.

His book is a thorough mixture of high enthusiasm and low buffoonery, and the Millennium is a fundamental article of his creed.]

The comick dialogue is very sprightly, with less mixture of low buffoonery than in some other plays; and the graver part is elegant and harmonious.

But it is low buffoonery, or silly accidents, that always excite laughter; and that is what people of sense and breeding should show themselves above.

What succeeded these low buffooneries?