Lectures on the English Comic WritersTaylor & Hessey, 1819 - 436 oldal |
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... a virtue ; but the latter , which is judgment or discretion , is commended for itself , without the help of fancy . " Leviathan , p . 32 . the same words expressing different ideas , and countenancing as ON WIT AND HUMOUR . 31.
... a virtue ; but the latter , which is judgment or discretion , is commended for itself , without the help of fancy . " Leviathan , p . 32 . the same words expressing different ideas , and countenancing as ON WIT AND HUMOUR . 31.
32. oldal
William Hazlitt. the same words expressing different ideas , and countenancing as it were , by a fatality of language , the mischievous insinuation which the person who has the wit to take advantage of it wishes to con- vey . So when the ...
William Hazlitt. the same words expressing different ideas , and countenancing as it were , by a fatality of language , the mischievous insinuation which the person who has the wit to take advantage of it wishes to con- vey . So when the ...
34. oldal
... expression , sometimes points the sense . Mr. Grattan's wit or eloquence ( I don't know by what name to call it ) would be nothing without this accompaniment . Speaking of some ministers whom he did not like , he said , " Their only ...
... expression , sometimes points the sense . Mr. Grattan's wit or eloquence ( I don't know by what name to call it ) would be nothing without this accompaniment . Speaking of some ministers whom he did not like , he said , " Their only ...
37. oldal
... expression . But this is by no means the case . Swift would hardly have allowed of such a strait- laced theory , to make havoc with his darling conundrums ; though there is no one whose se- rious wit is more that of things , as opposed ...
... expression . But this is by no means the case . Swift would hardly have allowed of such a strait- laced theory , to make havoc with his darling conundrums ; though there is no one whose se- rious wit is more that of things , as opposed ...
42. oldal
... expression . The ancient philosophers also abounded in the same kind of wit , in telling home truths in the most unexpected manner . - In this sense Æsop was the greatest wit and moralist that ever lived . Ape and slave , he looked ...
... expression . The ancient philosophers also abounded in the same kind of wit , in telling home truths in the most unexpected manner . - In this sense Æsop was the greatest wit and moralist that ever lived . Ape and slave , he looked ...
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