Lectures on the English Comic WritersTaylor & Hessey, 1819 - 436 oldal |
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29. oldal
... thought of ; it fixes the maximum of littleness and insig- nificance : but it is not by likeness to any thing else that it does this , but by literally taking the lowest possible duration of ephemeral reputation , marking it ( as with a ...
... thought of ; it fixes the maximum of littleness and insig- nificance : but it is not by likeness to any thing else that it does this , but by literally taking the lowest possible duration of ephemeral reputation , marking it ( as with a ...
30. oldal
... thoughts run one way , some an- other , and are held to and observe differently the things that pass through their imagination . And whereas in this suc- cession of thoughts there is nothing to observe in the things they think on , but ...
... thoughts run one way , some an- other , and are held to and observe differently the things that pass through their imagination . And whereas in this suc- cession of thoughts there is nothing to observe in the things they think on , but ...
33. oldal
... common sense of mankind . Or to put it dif- ferently , it is the test of the quantity of truth that there is in our favourite prejudices . - To shew how Ꭰ nearly allied wit is thought to be to truth , ON WIT AND HUMOUR . 33.
... common sense of mankind . Or to put it dif- ferently , it is the test of the quantity of truth that there is in our favourite prejudices . - To shew how Ꭰ nearly allied wit is thought to be to truth , ON WIT AND HUMOUR . 33.
34. oldal
William Hazlitt. nearly allied wit is thought to be to truth , it is not unusual to say of any person- " Such a one is a man of sense , for though he said nothing , he laughed in the right place . " - Alliteration comes in here under the ...
William Hazlitt. nearly allied wit is thought to be to truth , it is not unusual to say of any person- " Such a one is a man of sense , for though he said nothing , he laughed in the right place . " - Alliteration comes in here under the ...
36. oldal
... thought suggested is more complete and satisfactory , from its being inherent in the nature of the things themselves . Hæret lateri lethalis arundo . Truth makes the greatest libel ; and it is that which barbs the darts of wit . The ...
... thought suggested is more complete and satisfactory , from its being inherent in the nature of the things themselves . Hæret lateri lethalis arundo . Truth makes the greatest libel ; and it is that which barbs the darts of wit . The ...
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