Lectures on the English Comic Writers with Miscellaneous EssaysJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1963 - 346 oldal |
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... HUMOUR MAN is the only animal that laughs and weeps ; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are , and what they ought to be . We weep at what thwarts or exceeds our desires in serious matters ...
... HUMOUR MAN is the only animal that laughs and weeps ; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are , and what they ought to be . We weep at what thwarts or exceeds our desires in serious matters ...
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... Humour is the describing the ludicrous as it is in itself ; wit is the exposing it , by comparing or contrasting it with something else . Humour is , as it were , the growth of nature and accident ; wit is the product of art and fancy .
... Humour is the describing the ludicrous as it is in itself ; wit is the exposing it , by comparing or contrasting it with something else . Humour is , as it were , the growth of nature and accident ; wit is the product of art and fancy .
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... humour . I should suppose there is more drollery and unction in the caricatures in Gilray's shop - window , than in all the masks in Italy , without exception.2 The humour of English writing and description has often been wondered at ...
... humour . I should suppose there is more drollery and unction in the caricatures in Gilray's shop - window , than in all the masks in Italy , without exception.2 The humour of English writing and description has often been wondered at ...
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