Lectures on the English Comic WritersTaylor & Hessey, 1819 - 436 oldal |
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... is unreasonable and unnecessary , the absurdity of which provokes our spleen or mirth , rather than any serious reflec- tions on it . B To explain the nature of laughter and tears , is LECTURE Page INTRODUCTORY ON WIT AND HUMOUR.
... is unreasonable and unnecessary , the absurdity of which provokes our spleen or mirth , rather than any serious reflec- tions on it . B To explain the nature of laughter and tears , is LECTURE Page INTRODUCTORY ON WIT AND HUMOUR.
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William Hazlitt. To explain the nature of laughter and tears , is to account for the condition of human life ; for it ... natural and in- voluntary resource of the mind overcome by some sudden and violent emotion , before it has had time ...
William Hazlitt. To explain the nature of laughter and tears , is to account for the condition of human life ; for it ... natural and in- voluntary resource of the mind overcome by some sudden and violent emotion , before it has had time ...
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... nature . That which excites so 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 ...
... nature . That which excites so 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 ...
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... , by comparing or contrasting it with something else . Humour is , as it were , the growth of nature and accident ; wit is the product of art and fancy . Humour , as it is shewn in books , is an imitation of 22 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... , by comparing or contrasting it with something else . Humour is , as it were , the growth of nature and accident ; wit is the product of art and fancy . Humour , as it is shewn in books , is an imitation of 22 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
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William Hazlitt. it is shewn in books , is an imitation of the natural or acquired absurdities of mankind , or of the ludi- erous in accident , situation , and character : wit is the illustrating and heightening the sense of that ...
William Hazlitt. it is shewn in books , is an imitation of the natural or acquired absurdities of mankind , or of the ludi- erous in accident , situation , and character : wit is the illustrating and heightening the sense of that ...
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