Lectures on the English Comic WritersTaylor & Hessey, 1819 - 436 oldal |
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8. oldal
... satire . The principle of contrast is , however , the same in all the stages , in the simply laughable , the lu- dicrous , the ridiculous ; and the effect is only the more complete , the more durably and pointedly this principle ...
... satire . The principle of contrast is , however , the same in all the stages , in the simply laughable , the lu- dicrous , the ridiculous ; and the effect is only the more complete , the more durably and pointedly this principle ...
13. oldal
... satire , and gives it a finer edge . It is a more extreme case still where the person is aware of being the object of ridicule , and yet seems perfectly reconciled to it as a matter of course . So wit is often the more forcible and ...
... satire , and gives it a finer edge . It is a more extreme case still where the person is aware of being the object of ridicule , and yet seems perfectly reconciled to it as a matter of course . So wit is often the more forcible and ...
23. oldal
... satire ; as in the common epigram- 66 Accept a miracle , instead of wit : See two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ . " But then the mode of paying it is playful and ironical , and contradicts itself in the very act of making its ...
... satire ; as in the common epigram- 66 Accept a miracle , instead of wit : See two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ . " But then the mode of paying it is playful and ironical , and contradicts itself in the very act of making its ...
28. oldal
... satire , where speaking of certain religious hypocrites he says , that they " Compound for sins they are inclin'd to , By damning those they have no mind to ; " but the wit consists in the truth of the character , and in the happy ...
... satire , where speaking of certain religious hypocrites he says , that they " Compound for sins they are inclin'd to , By damning those they have no mind to ; " but the wit consists in the truth of the character , and in the happy ...
31. oldal
... satire with judgment and reason- ing , and certainly the comparing and connecting our ideas together is an essential part of reason and judgment , as well as of wit and fancy . - Mere wit , as opposed to reason or argument , consists in ...
... satire with judgment and reason- ing , and certainly the comparing and connecting our ideas together is an essential part of reason and judgment , as well as of wit and fancy . - Mere wit , as opposed to reason or argument , consists in ...
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