Lectures on the English Comic WritersTaylor & Hessey, 1819 - 436 oldal |
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4. oldal
... give addi- tional liveliness and gaiety to the animal spirits ; but the instant the change is not only sudden , but ... gives place to tears . It is usual to play with infants , and make them laugh by clapping your hands suddenly before ...
... give addi- tional liveliness and gaiety to the animal spirits ; but the instant the change is not only sudden , but ... gives place to tears . It is usual to play with infants , and make them laugh by clapping your hands suddenly before ...
6. oldal
... give way at the same time . We turn with an incredulous smile from a 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 ...
... give way at the same time . We turn with an incredulous smile from a 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 ...
8. oldal
... give some examples in these different kinds . We laugh , when children , at the sudden removing of a pasteboard mask : we laugh , when grown up , more gravely at the tearing off the mask of deceit . We laugh at absurdity ; we laugh at ...
... give some examples in these different kinds . We laugh , when children , at the sudden removing of a pasteboard mask : we laugh , when grown up , more gravely at the tearing off the mask of deceit . We laugh at absurdity ; we laugh at ...
11. oldal
... give a reason why they should laugh : they must laugh of themselves , or not at all . As we laugh from a spontaneous impulse , we laugh the more at any restraint upon this impulse . We laugh at a thing merely because we ought not . If ...
... give a reason why they should laugh : they must laugh of themselves , or not at all . As we laugh from a spontaneous impulse , we laugh the more at any restraint upon this impulse . We laugh at a thing merely because we ought not . If ...
13. oldal
... gives it a finer edge . It is a more extreme case still where the person is aware of being the object of ridicule , and yet seems perfectly reconciled to it as a matter of course . So wit is often the more forcible and pointed for being ...
... gives it a finer edge . It is a more extreme case still where the person is aware of being the object of ridicule , and yet seems perfectly reconciled to it as a matter of course . So wit is often the more forcible and pointed for being ...
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