Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 oldal |
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4. oldal
... story that staggers our belief : and we are ready to split our sides with laughing at an extravagance that sets all common sense and serious concern at defiance . To understand or define the ludicrous , we must first know what the ...
... story that staggers our belief : and we are ready to split our sides with laughing at an extravagance that sets all common sense and serious concern at defiance . To understand or define the ludicrous , we must first know what the ...
7. oldal
... story . Wickedness is often made a substitute for wit ; and in most of our good old comedies the intrigue of the plot and the double meaning of the dialogue go hand - in - hand , and keep up the ball with wonderful spirit between them ...
... story . Wickedness is often made a substitute for wit ; and in most of our good old comedies the intrigue of the plot and the double meaning of the dialogue go hand - in - hand , and keep up the ball with wonderful spirit between them ...
10. oldal
... story in an odd number of the ' European Maga- zine , ' of an old gentleman who used to walk out every afternoon ... stories of the Little Hunchback , who was choked with a bone , and the Barber of Bagdad and his seven brothers — there ...
... story in an odd number of the ' European Maga- zine , ' of an old gentleman who used to walk out every afternoon ... stories of the Little Hunchback , who was choked with a bone , and the Barber of Bagdad and his seven brothers — there ...
11. oldal
... story of the impertinent Barber , himself one of the seven , and worthy to be so ; his pertinacious , incredible ... stories in that work , which have been so much admired and so greedily read , appear to me monstrous and abortive fic ...
... story of the impertinent Barber , himself one of the seven , and worthy to be so ; his pertinacious , incredible ... stories in that work , which have been so much admired and so greedily read , appear to me monstrous and abortive fic ...
12. oldal
... 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 dinner , and preyed on human carcasses . In this condemnation of the serious parts of the Arabian ...
... 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 dinner , and preyed on human carcasses . In this condemnation of the serious parts of the Arabian ...
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