Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 oldal |
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9. oldal
... truth of absurdity to itself . That reason and good sense should be consistent , is not wonderful : but that caprice , and whim , and fantastical prejudice , should be uniform and infallible in their results , is the surprising thing ...
... truth of absurdity to itself . That reason and good sense should be consistent , is not wonderful : but that caprice , and whim , and fantastical prejudice , should be uniform and infallible in their results , is the surprising thing ...
16. oldal
... mind to ; " but the wit consists in the truth of the character , and in the hap- py exposure of the ludicrous contradiction between the pretext and the practice ; between their lenity towards their own 16 [ LECTURE 1 . ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... mind to ; " but the wit consists in the truth of the character , and in the hap- py exposure of the ludicrous contradiction between the pretext and the practice ; between their lenity towards their own 16 [ LECTURE 1 . ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
19. oldal
... truth ( if truth it were ) by a fortuitous concourse of letters of the alphabet , jumping in " a foregone conclusion , " but there was no proof of the thing , unless it was self - evident . And , indeed , this may be considered as the ...
... truth ( if truth it were ) by a fortuitous concourse of letters of the alphabet , jumping in " a foregone conclusion , " but there was no proof of the thing , unless it was self - evident . And , indeed , this may be considered as the ...
20. oldal
... truth , at least of what is truth according to public opinion and common sense ; for it can only expose to instanta- neous contempt that which is condemned by public opinion , and is hostile to the common sense of mankind . Or , to put ...
... truth , at least of what is truth according to public opinion and common sense ; for it can only expose to instanta- neous contempt that which is condemned by public opinion , and is hostile to the common sense of mankind . Or , to put ...
21. oldal
... surprising , in proportion as the thought suggested is more com- plete and satisfactory , from its being inherent in the nature of puister the things themselves . Hæret lateri lethalis arundo . Truth LECTURE 1. ] 21 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... surprising , in proportion as the thought suggested is more com- plete and satisfactory , from its being inherent in the nature of puister the things themselves . Hæret lateri lethalis arundo . Truth LECTURE 1. ] 21 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
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