Lectures on the English Comic WritersDoubleday, 1960 - 239 oldal |
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13. oldal
... principle of contrast is , however , the same in all the stages , in the simply laughable , the ludicrous , the ridiculous ; and the effect is only the more complete , the more durably and pointedly this principle operates . To give ...
... principle of contrast is , however , the same in all the stages , in the simply laughable , the ludicrous , the ridiculous ; and the effect is only the more complete , the more durably and pointedly this principle operates . To give ...
20. oldal
... principle of callous indifference in a jest as far as it can go . The serious and marvellous stories in that work , which have been so much admired and so greedily read , appear to me monstrous and abortive fictions , like disjointed ...
... principle of callous indifference in a jest as far as it can go . The serious and marvellous stories in that work , which have been so much admired and so greedily read , appear to me monstrous and abortive fictions , like disjointed ...
186. oldal
... principle , that abstract reason and general utility are the only test and standard of moral rectitude . If this principle is true , then the system is true : but I think that Mr. God- win's book has done more than any thing else to ...
... principle , that abstract reason and general utility are the only test and standard of moral rectitude . If this principle is true , then the system is true : but I think that Mr. God- win's book has done more than any thing else to ...
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