Lectures on the English Comic WritersTaylor & Hessey, 1819 - 436 oldal |
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6. oldal
... , startles it into a lively sense of pleasure , and leaves no time nor incli- nation for painful reflections . The essence of the laughable then is the incon- gruous , the disconnecting one idea from another , or 6 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... , startles it into a lively sense of pleasure , and leaves no time nor incli- nation for painful reflections . The essence of the laughable then is the incon- gruous , the disconnecting one idea from another , or 6 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
10. oldal
... to others . The greater resistance we make , and the greater the perplexity into which we are thrown , the more lively and piquant is the intellectual dis- play of cross - purposes to the by - standers 10 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... to others . The greater resistance we make , and the greater the perplexity into which we are thrown , the more lively and piquant is the intellectual dis- play of cross - purposes to the by - standers 10 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
15. oldal
... lively and lasting an 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 ...
... lively and lasting an 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 ...
27. oldal
... lively sense of future favours , " is no doubt wit , but it does not consist in the finding out any coincidence or likeness , but in suddenly transposing the order of time in the common account of this feeling , so as to make the ...
... lively sense of future favours , " is no doubt wit , but it does not consist in the finding out any coincidence or likeness , but in suddenly transposing the order of time in the common account of this feeling , so as to make the ...
36. oldal
... lively and picturesque fancy , of legal acuteness in detect- ing the variable applications of words , and of a mind apt at perceiving the ludicrous in external objects . " Do you see any thing ridiculous in this wig ? " said one of his ...
... lively and picturesque fancy , of legal acuteness in detect- ing the variable applications of words , and of a mind apt at perceiving the ludicrous in external objects . " Do you see any thing ridiculous in this wig ? " said one of his ...
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