Lectures on the English Comic WritersTaylor & Hessey, 1819 - 436 oldal |
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2. oldal
... pleasure instead of pain from the farce of life which is played before us , and which discomposes our gravity as often as it fails to move our anger or our pity ! · Tears may be considered as the natural and in- voluntary resource of ...
... pleasure instead of pain from the farce of life which is played before us , and which discomposes our gravity as often as it fails to move our anger or our pity ! · Tears may be considered as the natural and in- voluntary resource of ...
6. oldal
... 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 .
... 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 .
20. oldal
... pleasure from death . The strongest instances of effectual and harrowing imagination , are in the story of Amine and her three sisters , whom she led by her side as a leash of hounds , and of the goul who nib- bled grains of rice for ...
... pleasure from death . The strongest instances of effectual and harrowing imagination , are in the story of Amine and her three sisters , whom she led by her side as a leash of hounds , and of the goul who nib- bled grains of rice for ...
21. oldal
... pleasure consist , and which when attained , and the equivoque is at an end , the curtain drops , and the play is All the attractions of a subject that can only be glanced at indirectly , that is a sort of for- bidden ground to the ...
... pleasure consist , and which when attained , and the equivoque is at an end , the curtain drops , and the play is All the attractions of a subject that can only be glanced at indirectly , that is a sort of for- bidden ground to the ...
23. oldal
... pleasure or pain ; for as soon as it describes the serious seriously , it ceases to be wit , and passes into a different form . Wit is , in fact , the eloquence of indifference , or an ingenious and striking exposi- tion of ON WIT AND ...
... pleasure or pain ; for as soon as it describes the serious seriously , it ceases to be wit , and passes into a different form . Wit is , in fact , the eloquence of indifference , or an ingenious and striking exposi- tion of ON WIT AND ...
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