Lectures on the English Comic WritersTaylor & Hessey, 1819 - 436 oldal |
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28. oldal
... 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 exposure of the ...
... 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 exposure of the ...
34. oldal
... Speaking of some ministers whom he did not like , he said , " Their only means of government are the guinea and the gallows . " There can scarcely , it must be con- fessed , be a more effectual mode of political conversion than one of ...
... Speaking of some ministers whom he did not like , he said , " Their only means of government are the guinea and the gallows . " There can scarcely , it must be con- fessed , be a more effectual mode of political conversion than one of ...
35. oldal
... speak hereafter . - It is not always easy to distinguish between the wit of words and that of things . " For thin partitions do their bounds divide . " Some of the late Mr. Curran's bon mots or jeux d'esprit , might be said ON WIT AND ...
... speak hereafter . - It is not always easy to distinguish between the wit of words and that of things . " For thin partitions do their bounds divide . " Some of the late Mr. Curran's bon mots or jeux d'esprit , might be said ON WIT AND ...
37. oldal
... speaking of the difference between wit and humour , that wit is often pretended absurdity , where the person over- acts or exaggerates a certain part with a conscious design to expose it as if it were another person , as when Mandrake ...
... speaking of the difference between wit and humour , that wit is often pretended absurdity , where the person over- acts or exaggerates a certain part with a conscious design to expose it as if it were another person , as when Mandrake ...
39. oldal
... speaking , or taking the extremes to judge of the gradations by ) appeal to our indolence , our vanity , our weakness , and insensibility ; serious and impassioned poetry ap- peals to our strength , our magnanimity , our virtue , and ...
... speaking , or taking the extremes to judge of the gradations by ) appeal to our indolence , our vanity , our weakness , and insensibility ; serious and impassioned poetry ap- peals to our strength , our magnanimity , our virtue , and ...
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