Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 oldal |
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... once seize upon it , and when the pressure can no longer be borne , seek relief in tears : the follies and absurdities that men commit , or the odd accidents that befal them , afford us amusement from the very rejection of these false ...
... once seize upon it , and when the pressure can no longer be borne , seek relief in tears : the follies and absurdities that men commit , or the odd accidents that befal them , afford us amusement from the very rejection of these false ...
6. oldal
... once disarmed of their power to do hurt , become suffi- ciently ludicrous . We laugh at that in others which is a se- rious matter to ourselves ; because our self - love is stronger than our sympathy , sooner takes the alarm , and ...
... once disarmed of their power to do hurt , become suffi- ciently ludicrous . We laugh at that in others which is a se- rious matter to ourselves ; because our self - love is stronger than our sympathy , sooner takes the alarm , and ...
15. oldal
... once that Phœbus ' fiery car In haste was climbing up the eastern hill , Full envious that night so long his room did fill . At last the golden oriental gate Of greatest heaven ' gan to open fair , And Phoebus , fresh as bridegroom to ...
... once that Phœbus ' fiery car In haste was climbing up the eastern hill , Full envious that night so long his room did fill . At last the golden oriental gate Of greatest heaven ' gan to open fair , And Phoebus , fresh as bridegroom to ...
16. oldal
... once . Voltaire's saying , in answer to a stranger who was observing how tall his trees grew- " That they had nothing else to do , " — was a quaint mixture of wit and humour , making it out as if they really led a lazy , laborious life ...
... once . Voltaire's saying , in answer to a stranger who was observing how tall his trees grew- " That they had nothing else to do , " — was a quaint mixture of wit and humour , making it out as if they really led a lazy , laborious life ...
19. oldal
... once hinted is not clear in itself , the satire fails of its effect and falls to the ground . The sarcasm here glanced at the character of the new or old French noblesse may not be well - founded ; but it is so like truth , and comes in ...
... once hinted is not clear in itself , the satire fails of its effect and falls to the ground . The sarcasm here glanced at the character of the new or old French noblesse may not be well - founded ; but it is so like truth , and comes in ...
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