Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ.M. Dent and Company, 1900 - 304 oldal |
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... imitation of the natural or acquired absurdities of mankind , or of the ludicrous in accident , situation , and character ; wit is the illustrating and heightening the sense of that absur- Humour dity by some sudden and unexpected ...
... imitation of the natural or acquired absurdities of mankind , or of the ludicrous in accident , situation , and character ; wit is the illustrating and heightening the sense of that absur- Humour dity by some sudden and unexpected ...
161. oldal
... this species of composition . We find there a close imitation of men and manners ; we see the very web and texture The nov- of society as it really exists , and ON THE ENGLISH NOVELISTS 161 LECTURE VI ON THE ENGLISH NOVELISTS.
... this species of composition . We find there a close imitation of men and manners ; we see the very web and texture The nov- of society as it really exists , and ON THE ENGLISH NOVELISTS 161 LECTURE VI ON THE ENGLISH NOVELISTS.
173. oldal
... imitation is indeed so great , that it has been argued that Fielding must have had his materials ready - made to his hands , and was merely a tran- scriber of local manners and individual habits . For this conjecture , however , there ...
... imitation is indeed so great , that it has been argued that Fielding must have had his materials ready - made to his hands , and was merely a tran- scriber of local manners and individual habits . For this conjecture , however , there ...
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