Lectures on the English Comic Writers: Delivered at the Surry InstitutionM. Carey and Son, 1819 - 343 oldal |
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10. oldal
... morality , when once disarmed of their power to do hurt , become sufficiently ludicrous . -We laugh at that in others which is a serious matter to ourselves ; because our self - love is stronger than our sympathy , sooner takes the ...
... morality , when once disarmed of their power to do hurt , become sufficiently ludicrous . -We laugh at that in others which is a serious matter to ourselves ; because our self - love is stronger than our sympathy , sooner takes the ...
15. oldal
... moral lesson : it is one of the striking weaknesses and greatest happinesses of our nature . That which excites so lively and lasting an interest in itself , even though it should not be wisdom , is not despicable in the sight of reason ...
... moral lesson : it is one of the striking weaknesses and greatest happinesses of our nature . That which excites so lively and lasting an interest in itself , even though it should not be wisdom , is not despicable in the sight of reason ...
42. oldal
... moral aphorisms and rules for the conduct of life , sparkling with wit and fancy in the mode of expression . The ancient philosophers also abounded in the same kind of wit , in telling home truths in the most unexpected manner . - In ...
... moral aphorisms and rules for the conduct of life , sparkling with wit and fancy in the mode of expression . The ancient philosophers also abounded in the same kind of wit , in telling home truths in the most unexpected manner . - In ...
43. oldal
... moral philosophy is natural history . He makes an ass bray wisdom , and a frog croak humanity . The store of moral truth , and the fund of invention in exhibiting it in eternal forms , palpable and in- telligible , and delightful to ...
... moral philosophy is natural history . He makes an ass bray wisdom , and a frog croak humanity . The store of moral truth , and the fund of invention in exhibiting it in eternal forms , palpable and in- telligible , and delightful to ...
55. oldal
... moral constitution that refused to be roused to any keen agony of thought , and that was not very safely to be trifled with in lighter matters , though this last was allowed to pass off as the most pardonable offence against the gravity ...
... moral constitution that refused to be roused to any keen agony of thought , and that was not very safely to be trifled with in lighter matters , though this last was allowed to pass off as the most pardonable offence against the gravity ...
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