Lectures on the English Comic WritersTaylor & Hessey, 1819 - 436 oldal |
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5. oldal
... given to the imagination by the disappointment or the discovery , in a matter of this indifference , will only vent itself in a fit of laughter . * The transition here is not from one thing of importance to another , or from a state of ...
... given to the imagination by the disappointment or the discovery , in a matter of this indifference , will only vent itself in a fit of laughter . * The transition here is not from one thing of importance to another , or from a state of ...
6. oldal
... given order of events , follow- ing one another with a certain regularity and weight of interest attached to them . When this stress is increased beyond its usual pitch of inten- sity , so as to overstrain the feelings by the violent ...
... given order of events , follow- ing one another with a certain regularity and weight of interest attached to them . When this stress is increased beyond its usual pitch of inten- sity , so as to overstrain the feelings by the violent ...
23. oldal
... given objects , as to make the little look less , the mean more light and worthless ; or to divert our admiration or wean our affections from that which is lofty and impressive , instead of producing a more intense admiration and ...
... given objects , as to make the little look less , the mean more light and worthless ; or to divert our admiration or wean our affections from that which is lofty and impressive , instead of producing a more intense admiration and ...
30. oldal
... given some reason of that common observation , that men who have a great deal of wit and prompt memories , have not always the clearest judg- ment or deepest reason . For wit lying mostly in the as- semblage of ideas , and putting them ...
... given some reason of that common observation , that men who have a great deal of wit and prompt memories , have not always the clearest judg- ment or deepest reason . For wit lying mostly in the as- semblage of ideas , and putting them ...
40. oldal
... given things , or to the highest matters . " From the sublime to the ridiculous , there is but one step . " The slightest want of unity of impression destroys the sublime ; the detection of the smallest incon- gruity is an infallible ...
... given things , or to the highest matters . " From the sublime to the ridiculous , there is but one step . " The slightest want of unity of impression destroys the sublime ; the detection of the smallest incon- gruity is an infallible ...
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