Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 oldal |
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2. oldal
... interest attached to the different changes of appearance . gree The mere suddenness of the transition , the mere baulking our expectations , and turning them abruptly into another chan- nel , seems to give additional liveliness and ...
... interest attached to the different changes of appearance . gree The mere suddenness of the transition , the mere baulking our expectations , and turning them abruptly into another chan- nel , seems to give additional liveliness and ...
4. oldal
... interest attached to them . When this stress is in- creased beyond its usual pitch of intensity , so as to overstrain the feelings by the violent opposition of good to bad , or of ob- jects to our desires , it becomes the pathetic or ...
... interest attached to them . When this stress is in- creased beyond its usual pitch of intensity , so as to overstrain the feelings by the violent opposition of good to bad , or of ob- jects to our desires , it becomes the pathetic or ...
9. oldal
... interest in itself , even though it should not be wisdom , is not despicable in the sight of reason and humanity . We cannot suppress the smile on the lip ; but the tear should also stand ready to start from the eye . The history of ...
... interest in itself , even though it should not be wisdom , is not despicable in the sight of reason and humanity . We cannot suppress the smile on the lip ; but the tear should also stand ready to start from the eye . The history of ...
23. oldal
... interest ; to startle and shock our preconceptions , by incongruous and equivocal combi- nations , than to confirm , enforce , and expand them by powerful and lasting associations of ideas , or striking and true analogies . A slight ...
... interest ; to startle and shock our preconceptions , by incongruous and equivocal combi- nations , than to confirm , enforce , and expand them by powerful and lasting associations of ideas , or striking and true analogies . A slight ...
49. oldal
... interest ; and old Ben , in emulating his classic model , appears to have done his best . There is the same caustic , unsparing severity in it as in his other works . His patience is tried to the utmost . His words drop gall . " Hood an ...
... interest ; and old Ben , in emulating his classic model , appears to have done his best . There is the same caustic , unsparing severity in it as in his other works . His patience is tried to the utmost . His words drop gall . " Hood an ...
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