Lectures on the English Comic WritersTaylor & Hessey, 1819 - 436 oldal |
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6. oldal
... story that staggers our belief : and we are ready to split our sides with laughing at an extravagance that sets all common sense and serious concern at defiance . To understand or define the ludicrous , we must first know what the ...
... story that staggers our belief : and we are ready to split our sides with laughing at an extravagance that sets all common sense and serious concern at defiance . To understand or define the ludicrous , we must first know what the ...
11. oldal
... stealth and unawares , and from the very efforts we make to exclude it . A secret , a loose word , a wanton jest , make people laugh . Aretine laughed himself to death at hearing a lascivious story . Wicked- ness ON WIT AND HUMOUR . 11.
... stealth and unawares , and from the very efforts we make to exclude it . A secret , a loose word , a wanton jest , make people laugh . Aretine laughed himself to death at hearing a lascivious story . Wicked- ness ON WIT AND HUMOUR . 11.
12. oldal
William Hazlitt. to death at hearing a lascivious story . Wicked- ness is often made a substitute for wit ; and in most of our good old comedies , the intrigue of the plot and the double meaning of the dialogue go hand - in - hand , and ...
William Hazlitt. to death at hearing a lascivious story . Wicked- ness is often made a substitute for wit ; and in most of our good old comedies , the intrigue of the plot and the double meaning of the dialogue go hand - in - hand , and ...
17. oldal
... story in an odd number of the European Magazine , of an old gentleman who used to walk out every afternoon , with a gold - headed cane , in the fields opposite Baltimore House , which were then open , only with foot - paths crossing ...
... story in an odd number of the European Magazine , of an old gentleman who used to walk out every afternoon , with a gold - headed cane , in the fields opposite Baltimore House , which were then open , only with foot - paths crossing ...
17. oldal
... stories of the Little Hunchback , who was choked with a bone , and the Barber of Bagdad and his seven brothers , -there ... story of the Impertinent Barber himself , one of the seven , and worthy to be so ; his pertinacious , incredible ...
... stories of the Little Hunchback , who was choked with a bone , and the Barber of Bagdad and his seven brothers , -there ... story of the Impertinent Barber himself , one of the seven , and worthy to be so ; his pertinacious , incredible ...
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