Lectures on the English Comic WritersTaylor & Hessey, 1819 - 436 oldal |
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3. oldal
... in this little episode in common life , depends almost en- tirely on the greater or less degree of interest attached to the different changes of appearance . Or The mere suddenness of the transition , the mere ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... in this little episode in common life , depends almost en- tirely on the greater or less degree of interest attached to the different changes of appearance . Or The mere suddenness of the transition , the mere ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
6. oldal
... 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 opposition of good to bad , or of objects to our desires , it becomes the pathetic or ...
... 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 opposition of good to bad , or of objects to our desires , it becomes the pathetic or ...
15. oldal
... interest in itself , even though it should not be wisdom , is not despicable in the sight of reason and hu- manity . We cannot suppress the smile on the lip ; but the tear should also stand ready to start from the eye . The history of ...
... interest in itself , even though it should not be wisdom , is not despicable in the sight of reason and hu- manity . We cannot suppress the smile on the lip ; but the tear should also stand ready to start from the eye . The history of ...
39. oldal
... interest , to startle and shock our precon- ceptions by incongruous and equivocal combina- tions , than to confirm , enforce , and expand them by powerful and lasting associations of ideas , or striking and true analogies . A slight ...
... interest , to startle and shock our precon- ceptions by incongruous and equivocal combina- tions , than to confirm , enforce , and expand them by powerful and lasting associations of ideas , or striking and true analogies . A slight ...
83. oldal
... interest ; and old Ben , in emulating his classic model , appears to have done his best . There is the same caustic unsparing severity in it as in his other works . His patience is tried to the utmost . His words drop gall . " Hood an ...
... interest ; and old Ben , in emulating his classic model , appears to have done his best . There is the same caustic unsparing severity in it as in his other works . His patience is tried to the utmost . His words drop gall . " Hood an ...
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