Lectures on the English Comic Writers: Delivered at the Surry InstitutionM. Carey and Son, 1819 - 343 oldal |
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15. oldal
... sentiment , or from the 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 ...
... sentiment , or from the 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 ...
22. oldal
... sentiment , which still survives in all its fluttering grace and breathless palpitations on the stage . Humour is the describing the ludicrous as it is in itself ; wit is the exposing it , by comparing or contrasting it with something ...
... sentiment , which still survives in all its fluttering grace and breathless palpitations on the stage . Humour is the describing the ludicrous as it is in itself ; wit is the exposing it , by comparing or contrasting it with something ...
24. oldal
... sentiment , by the introduction of burlesque and familiar circum- stances . To give an instance or two . Butler , in his Hudibras , compares the change of night into day , to the change of colour in a boiled lobster . " The sun had long ...
... sentiment , by the introduction of burlesque and familiar circum- stances . To give an instance or two . Butler , in his Hudibras , compares the change of night into day , to the change of colour in a boiled lobster . " The sun had long ...
40. oldal
... is to sustain a con- tinued flight of impressive sentiment : how easy it must be then to travestie or burlesque it , to floun- der into nonsense , and be witty by playing the fool . It is a common mistake , however , 40 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... is to sustain a con- tinued flight of impressive sentiment : how easy it must be then to travestie or burlesque it , to floun- der into nonsense , and be witty by playing the fool . It is a common mistake , however , 40 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
49. oldal
... sentiment , such as the exquisite account of the fable of the halcyon put into the mouth of Socrates , and the heroic eulogy on Bacchus , which is conceived in the highest strain of glowing panegyric . The two other authors I proposed ...
... sentiment , such as the exquisite account of the fable of the halcyon put into the mouth of Socrates , and the heroic eulogy on Bacchus , which is conceived in the highest strain of glowing panegyric . The two other authors I proposed ...
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