Lectures on the English Comic WritersTaylor & Hessey, 1819 - 436 oldal |
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14. oldal
... end mounting up to an incredible and unaccountably ridiculous height , when we find our expectations as invariably baffled . The most curious problem of all , is this truth of absurdity to itself 14 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... end mounting up to an incredible and unaccountably ridiculous height , when we find our expectations as invariably baffled . The most curious problem of all , is this truth of absurdity to itself 14 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
15. oldal
... truth of habit and sentiment , or from the principle of similitude in dissimilitude . The devotion to non- sense , and enthusiasm about trifles , is highly af- fecting as a moral lesson : it is one of the striking weaknesses and ...
... truth of habit and sentiment , or from the principle of similitude in dissimilitude . The devotion to non- sense , and enthusiasm about trifles , is highly af- fecting as a moral lesson : it is one of the striking weaknesses and ...
28. oldal
... truth of the character , and in the happy exposure of the ludicrous con · tradiction between the pretext and the practice ; between their lenity towards their own vices , and their severity to those of others . The same prin- ciple of ...
... truth of the character , and in the happy exposure of the ludicrous con · tradiction between the pretext and the practice ; between their lenity towards their own vices , and their severity to those of others . The same prin- ciple of ...
32. oldal
... truth ( if truth it were ) by a fortuitous concourse of letters of the alphabet , jumping in 66 a foregone conclusion , " but there was no proof of the thing , unless it was self - evident . And , in- deed , this may be considered as ...
... truth ( if truth it were ) by a fortuitous concourse of letters of the alphabet , jumping in 66 a foregone conclusion , " but there was no proof of the thing , unless it was self - evident . And , in- deed , this may be considered as ...
33. oldal
... truth as a solid bribe ; and there are serious sophistries , " Soul - killing lies , and truths that work small good ... truth , at least of what is truth according to public opinion and common sense ; for it can only expose to ...
... truth as a solid bribe ; and there are serious sophistries , " Soul - killing lies , and truths that work small good ... truth , at least of what is truth according to public opinion and common sense ; for it can only expose to ...
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