Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 oldal |
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... laughs and weeps ; for he is the ..only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are , and what they ought to be . We weep at what thwarts or exceeds our desires in serious matters : we laugh at what only ...
... laughs and weeps ; for he is the ..only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are , and what they ought to be . We weep at what thwarts or exceeds our desires in serious matters : we laugh at what only ...
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... laugh ; if we go nearer to it , steadily , and without saying a word , it will begin to be alarmed , and be half - inclined to cry : if we sud- denly take off the mask , it will recover from its fears , and burst out a - laughing ; but ...
... laugh ; if we go nearer to it , steadily , and without saying a word , it will begin to be alarmed , and be half - inclined to cry : if we sud- denly take off the mask , it will recover from its fears , and burst out a - laughing ; but ...
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... laugh at the unconsciousness of others as to its situation . A person concealed from assassins , is in no danger of betraying his situation by laughing . tutes physical laughter . The discontinuous in our sensations produces LECTURE 1 ...
... laugh at the unconsciousness of others as to its situation . A person concealed from assassins , is in no danger of betraying his situation by laughing . tutes physical laughter . The discontinuous in our sensations produces LECTURE 1 ...
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... laugh- ter is to be found in the simple succession of events , as in the sudden shifting of a disguise , or some unlooked - for accident , without any absurdity of character or situation . The accidental contradiction between our ...
... laugh- ter is to be found in the simple succession of events , as in the sudden shifting of a disguise , or some unlooked - for accident , without any absurdity of character or situation . The accidental contradiction between our ...
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... laugh , when children , at the sudden removing of a paste - board mask : we laugh , when grown up , more gravely at the tearing off the mask of deceit . We laugh at absurdity ; we laugh at deform- ity . We laugh at a bottle - nose in a ...
... laugh , when children , at the sudden removing of a paste - board mask : we laugh , when grown up , more gravely at the tearing off the mask of deceit . We laugh at absurdity ; we laugh at deform- ity . We laugh at a bottle - nose in a ...
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