Lectures on the English Comic WritersTaylor & Hessey, 1819 - 436 oldal |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 48 találatból.
5. oldal
... ideas , this alternate excitement and relaxation of the imagination , the object also striking upon the mind more vividly in its loose unsettled state , and before it has had time to re- cover and collect itself , causes that alternate ...
... ideas , this alternate excitement and relaxation of the imagination , the object also striking upon the mind more vividly in its loose unsettled state , and before it has had time to re- cover and collect itself , causes that alternate ...
6. oldal
... ideas , as taking the mind unawares , throws it off its guard , startles it into a lively sense of pleasure , and leaves no time nor incli- nation for painful reflections . The essence of the ... idea from another , or 6 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... ideas , as taking the mind unawares , throws it off its guard , startles it into a lively sense of pleasure , and leaves no time nor incli- nation for painful reflections . The essence of the ... idea from another , or 6 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
7. oldal
William Hazlitt. gruous , the disconnecting one idea from another , or the jostling of one feeling against another . The first and most obvious cause of laughter is to be found in the simple succession of events , as in the sudden ...
William Hazlitt. gruous , the disconnecting one idea from another , or the jostling of one feeling against another . The first and most obvious cause of laughter is to be found in the simple succession of events , as in the sudden ...
16. oldal
... nothing of the sort had happened to him , the idea of his late disaster and present self - complacency struck him so powerfully , that , unable to resist the im- pulse , he flung himself back in the pulpit , 16 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... nothing of the sort had happened to him , the idea of his late disaster and present self - complacency struck him so powerfully , that , unable to resist the im- pulse , he flung himself back in the pulpit , 16 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
27. oldal
... idea seems , however , to have been included in the old well - known nickname of the Rump Parlia- ment . Almost as happy an instance of the other kind of wit , which consists in sudden retorts , in turns upon an idea , and diverting the ...
... idea seems , however , to have been included in the old well - known nickname of the Rump Parlia- ment . Almost as happy an instance of the other kind of wit , which consists in sudden retorts , in turns upon an idea , and diverting the ...
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