Lectures on the English Comic Writers, and Fugitive WritingsDent, 1963 - 346 oldal |
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15. oldal
... fancy . Humour , as it is shewn in books , is an imitation of the natural or acquired absurdities of mankind , or of the ludicrous in accident , situation , and character : wit is the illustrating and heightening the sense of that ...
... fancy . Humour , as it is shewn in books , is an imitation of the natural or acquired absurdities of mankind , or of the ludicrous in accident , situation , and character : wit is the illustrating and heightening the sense of that ...
19. oldal
... fancy.- Mere wit , as opposed to reason or argument , consists in striking out some casual and partial coincidence which has nothing to do , or at least implies no necessary connection with the nature of the things , which are forced ...
... fancy.- Mere wit , as opposed to reason or argument , consists in striking out some casual and partial coincidence which has nothing to do , or at least implies no necessary connection with the nature of the things , which are forced ...
36. oldal
... fancy . The author lends occasion to his absurdity to shew itself as much as he pleases , devises antics for him which would not enter into his own head , makes him go to church in a galliard , and return home in a coranto ; ' adds fuel ...
... fancy . The author lends occasion to his absurdity to shew itself as much as he pleases , devises antics for him which would not enter into his own head , makes him go to church in a galliard , and return home in a coranto ; ' adds fuel ...
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A. C. Cawley absurdity admiration affectation amusing appearance beauty Beggar's Opera Ben Jonson better Brentford character circumstances comedy comic common Constance Garnett criticism delight Don Quixote Edited English Epicene equally ESSAYS eyes face fancy favourite feeling folly genius gentleman Gerald Bullett Gil Blas give grace Hazlitt heart hero Hogarth Hudibras human humour idea imagination insipid instance interest lady laugh live look Lord Lord Byron lover ludicrous main-chance manners means Millamant mind moral nature never novel object opinion ourselves pain passion person philosopher play pleasure POEMS poet poetry present pretensions principle Rake's Progress reason refinement ridiculous romance satire scene School for Scandal seems self-love sense sentiment Shakspeare shew sort spirit stage story style supposed sympathy Tartuffe Tatler thing thought Tom Jones Translated truth turn vanity vols whole words writers