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 .
63. oldal
... reflections on it ; who , while the past is sliding from beneath his feet , still clings to the present . The meanest circumstances are shewn through an atmosphere of abstraction that dignifies them : their very in- significance makes ...
... reflections on it ; who , while the past is sliding from beneath his feet , still clings to the present . The meanest circumstances are shewn through an atmosphere of abstraction that dignifies them : their very in- significance makes ...
64. oldal
William Hazlitt. reflections and impertinent digressions . The reader laughs ( as well he may ) in reading the passage , but he lays down the book to think . The wit , however diverting , is social and humane . But this is not the ...
William Hazlitt. reflections and impertinent digressions . The reader laughs ( as well he may ) in reading the passage , but he lays down the book to think . The wit , however diverting , is social and humane . But this is not the ...
114. oldal
... reflection than imagination . The Essays on Agriculture , on Liberty , on Solitude , and on Greatness , are all of them delightful . From the last I may give his account of Senecio as an addition to the instances of the ludicrous ...
... reflection than imagination . The Essays on Agriculture , on Liberty , on Solitude , and on Greatness , are all of them delightful . From the last I may give his account of Senecio as an addition to the instances of the ludicrous ...
141. oldal
... reflection of an artificial character . The springs of nature , passion , or imagination are but feebly touched . The impressions appealed to , and with masterly address , are habitual , exter- nal , and conventional advantages : the ...
... reflection of an artificial character . The springs of nature , passion , or imagination are but feebly touched . The impressions appealed to , and with masterly address , are habitual , exter- nal , and conventional advantages : the ...
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