Lectures on the English Comic Writers: Delivered at the Surry InstitutionM. Carey and Son, 1819 - 343 oldal |
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8. oldal
... principle of contrast is , however , the same in all the stages , in the simply laughable , the lu- dicrous , the ridiculous ; and the effect is only the more complete , the more durably and pointedly this principle operates . To give ...
... principle of contrast is , however , the same in all the stages , in the simply laughable , the lu- dicrous , the ridiculous ; and the effect is only the more complete , the more durably and pointedly this principle operates . To give ...
9. oldal
... principle make two for a pair . We laugh at the dress of foreigners , and they at ours . Three chimney - sweepers meet- ing three Chinese in Lincoln's - inn Fields , they laughed at one other till they were ready to drop down . Country ...
... principle make two for a pair . We laugh at the dress of foreigners , and they at ours . Three chimney - sweepers meet- ing three Chinese in Lincoln's - inn Fields , they laughed at one other till they were ready to drop down . Country ...
12. oldal
... humour , on the same principle of ambiguity and contrast . There is a high - wrought instance of this in the dialogue between Aimwell and Gibbet , in 66 the Beaux ' Stratagem , where Aimwell mistakes his 12 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... humour , on the same principle of ambiguity and contrast . There is a high - wrought instance of this in the dialogue between Aimwell and Gibbet , in 66 the Beaux ' Stratagem , where Aimwell mistakes his 12 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
13. oldal
... principle . In such cases it is the contrast between the appearance and the reality , the sus- pense of belief , and the seeming incongruity , that gives point to the ridicule , and makes it enter the deeper when the first impression is ...
... principle . In such cases it is the contrast between the appearance and the reality , the sus- pense of belief , and the seeming incongruity , that gives point to the ridicule , and makes it enter the deeper when the first impression is ...
15. oldal
... 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 greatest happinesses of our nature . That which ...
... 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 greatest happinesses of our nature . That which ...
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