Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 oldal |
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... reflection , I have retained that Lecture in its ori- ginal position ; for , after all , Hogarth was a comic writer , and one of our best ; the only difference is , that he wrote on canvass . W. H. CONTENTS . LECTURE I. Introductory ...
... reflection , I have retained that Lecture in its ori- ginal position ; for , after all , Hogarth was a comic writer , and one of our best ; the only difference is , that he wrote on canvass . W. H. CONTENTS . LECTURE I. Introductory ...
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... reflections on it . To explain the nature of laughter and tears , is to account for the condition of human life ; for it is in a manner compounded of these two ! It is a tragedy or a comedy - sad or merry , as it happens . The crimes ...
... reflections on it . To explain the nature of laughter and tears , is to account for the condition of human life ; for it is in a manner compounded of these two ! It is a tragedy or a comedy - sad or merry , as it happens . The crimes ...
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... 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 most obvious cause of laugh- ter is to be found in the ...
... 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 most obvious cause of laugh- ter is to be found in the ...
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... reflections on it ; who , while the past is sliding from beneath his feet , still clings to the pre- The meanest circumstances are shown through an atmos- phere of abstraction that dignifies them ; their very insignifi- cance makes them ...
... reflections on it ; who , while the past is sliding from beneath his feet , still clings to the pre- The meanest circumstances are shown through an atmos- phere of abstraction that dignifies them ; their very insignifi- cance makes them ...
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... reflections losing them- selves in obscure and difficult applications . He has some lines to a Blossom , which begin thus : " Little think'st thou , poor flow'r , Whom I have watched six or seven days , And seen thy birth , and seen ...
... reflections losing them- selves in obscure and difficult applications . He has some lines to a Blossom , which begin thus : " Little think'st thou , poor flow'r , Whom I have watched six or seven days , And seen thy birth , and seen ...
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