Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 oldal |
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2. oldal
... pleasure instead of pain from the farce of life which is played before us , and which discomposes our gravity as often as it fails to move our anger or our pity ! Tears may be considered as the natural and involuntary re- source of the ...
... pleasure instead of pain from the farce of life which is played before us , and which discomposes our gravity as often as it fails to move our anger or our pity ! Tears may be considered as the natural and involuntary re- source of the ...
4. oldal
... pleasure , and leaves no time nor inclination for painful reflections . The essence of the laughable then is the incongruous , the disconnecting one idea from another , or the jostling of one feel- ing against another . The first and ...
... pleasure , and leaves no time nor inclination for painful reflections . The essence of the laughable then is the incongruous , the disconnecting one idea from another , or the jostling of one feel- ing against another . The first and ...
12. oldal
... pleasure from death . The strongest instances of ef- fectual and harrowing imagination are in the story of Amine and her three sisters , whom she led by her side as a leash of hounds , and of the goul who nibbled grains of rice for her ...
... pleasure from death . The strongest instances of ef- fectual and harrowing imagination are in the story of Amine and her three sisters , whom she led by her side as a leash of hounds , and of the goul who nibbled grains of rice for her ...
14. oldal
... pleasure or pain ; for as soon as it describes the serious seriously , it ceases to be wit , and passes into a different form . Wit is , in fact , the eloquence of in- difference , or an ingenious and striking exposition of those eva ...
... pleasure or pain ; for as soon as it describes the serious seriously , it ceases to be wit , and passes into a different form . Wit is , in fact , the eloquence of in- difference , or an ingenious and striking exposition of those eva ...
23. oldal
... pleasure , or alter our opinion of a whole work , and make us throw it down in disgust . The critics are aware of this vice and infirmity in our nature , and play upon it with periodical success . The meanest weapons are strong enough ...
... pleasure , or alter our opinion of a whole work , and make us throw it down in disgust . The critics are aware of this vice and infirmity in our nature , and play upon it with periodical success . The meanest weapons are strong enough ...
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