Lectures on the English Comic WritersTaylor & Hessey, 1819 - 436 oldal |
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7. oldal
... looks , and ac- tions . Of these different kinds or degrees of the Jaughable , the first is the most shallow and short- lived ; for the instant the immediate surprise of a thing's merely happening one way or another is over , there is ...
... looks , and ac- tions . Of these different kinds or degrees of the Jaughable , the first is the most shallow and short- lived ; for the instant the immediate surprise of a thing's merely happening one way or another is over , there is ...
12. oldal
... look grave at , is almost always a signal for laugh- ing outright : we can hardly keep our countenance at a sermon , a funeral , or a wedding . What an excellent old custom was that of throwing the stocking ! What a deal of innocent ...
... look grave at , is almost always a signal for laugh- ing outright : we can hardly keep our countenance at a sermon , a funeral , or a wedding . What an excellent old custom was that of throwing the stocking ! What a deal of innocent ...
16. oldal
... look of perfect satisfaction and composure , as if 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 ...
... look of perfect satisfaction and composure , as if 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 ...
21. oldal
... looks of alarm and petrified astonish- ment ; the foppish affectation and easy confidence of the happy man ; the dress , the airs , the lan- guor , the scorn , and indifference of the fine lady ; the bustle , pertness , loquaciousness ...
... looks of alarm and petrified astonish- ment ; the foppish affectation and easy confidence of the happy man ; the dress , the airs , the lan- guor , the scorn , and indifference of the fine lady ; the bustle , pertness , loquaciousness ...
23. oldal
... 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 exalted passion , as poetry does . Wit may ...
... 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 exalted passion , as poetry does . Wit may ...
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