Lectures on the English Comic Writers: Delivered at the Surry InstitutionM. Carey and Son, 1819 - 343 oldal |
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... unreasonable and unnecessary , the absurdity of which provokes our spleen or mirth , rather than any serious reflec- tions on it . B If To explain the nature of laughter and tears , LECTURE Page INTRODUCTORY -ON WIT AND HUMOUR.
... unreasonable and unnecessary , the absurdity of which provokes our spleen or mirth , rather than any serious reflec- tions on it . B If To explain the nature of laughter and tears , LECTURE Page INTRODUCTORY -ON WIT AND HUMOUR.
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... absurdities that men commit , or the odd accidents that befal them , afford us amuse- ment from the very rejection of ... absurdity or unaccountableness of a foolish action is the most striking thing in it , the ludicrous prevails over ...
... absurdities that men commit , or the odd accidents that befal them , afford us amuse- ment from the very rejection of ... absurdity or unaccountableness of a foolish action is the most striking thing in it , the ludicrous prevails over ...
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... absurdity of character or situation . The accidental contradiction between our expectations and the event can hardly be said , however , to amount to the ludicrous : it is merely laughable . The ludicrous is where there is the same ...
... absurdity of character or situation . The accidental contradiction between our expectations and the event can hardly be said , however , to amount to the ludicrous : it is merely laughable . The ludicrous is where there is the same ...
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... absurdity as well as improbability , that is , where the defect or weakness is of a man's own seeking , is the most refined of all , but not always so plea- sant as the last , because the same contempt and disapprobation which sharpens ...
... absurdity as well as improbability , that is , where the defect or weakness is of a man's own seeking , is the most refined of all , but not always so plea- sant as the last , because the same contempt and disapprobation which sharpens ...
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... absurdity or insignificance . Women laugh at their lovers . We laugh at a damned author , in spite of our teeth , and though he may be our friend . " There is something in the mis- fortunes of our best friends that pleases us . " We ...
... absurdity or insignificance . Women laugh at their lovers . We laugh at a damned author , in spite of our teeth , and though he may be our friend . " There is something in the mis- fortunes of our best friends that pleases us . " We ...
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