Lectures on the English Comic Writers: Delivered at the Surry InstitutionM. Carey and Son, 1819 - 343 oldal |
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7. oldal
... ridiculous , which is the highest degree of the laughable , is that which is contrary not only to custom but to sense and reason , or is a voluntary departure from what we have a right to expect from those who are conscious of absurdity ...
... ridiculous , which is the highest degree of the laughable , is that which is contrary not only to custom but to sense and reason , or is a voluntary departure from what we have a right to expect from those who are conscious of absurdity ...
8. oldal
... ridiculous arising out of 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 ...
... ridiculous arising out of 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 ...
14. oldal
... in the 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 .
... in the 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 .
36. oldal
... ridiculous in this wig ? " said one of his brother judges to him . " Nothing but the head , " was the answer . Now here instantaneous advantage was taken of the slight technical ambiguity in the construction of language , and the matter ...
... ridiculous in this wig ? " said one of his brother judges to him . " Nothing but the head , " was the answer . Now here instantaneous advantage was taken of the slight technical ambiguity in the construction of language , and the matter ...
40. oldal
... ridiculous , there is but one step . " The slightest want of unity of impression destroys the sublime ; the detection of the smallest incon- gruity is an infallible ground to rest the ludicrous upon . But in serious poetry , which aims ...
... ridiculous , there is but one step . " The slightest want of unity of impression destroys the sublime ; the detection of the smallest incon- gruity is an infallible ground to rest the ludicrous upon . But in serious poetry , which aims ...
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