Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 páginas |
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... thought of : it fixes the maximum of littleness and insignificance ; but it is not by likeness to any- thing else that it does this , but by literally taking the lowest possible duration of ephemeral reputation , marking it ( as with a ...
... thought of : it fixes the maximum of littleness and insignificance ; but it is not by likeness to any- thing else that it does this , but by literally taking the lowest possible duration of ephemeral reputation , marking it ( as with a ...
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... thought to be to truth , it is not unusual to say of any person- " Such a one is a man of sense , for though he said nothing , he laughed in the right place . " " Alliteration comes in here under the head of a certain sort of verbal wit ...
... thought to be to truth , it is not unusual to say of any person- " Such a one is a man of sense , for though he said nothing , he laughed in the right place . " " Alliteration comes in here under the head of a certain sort of verbal wit ...
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... , in proportion as the thought suggested is more com- plete and satisfactory , from its being inherent in the nature of puister the things themselves . Hæret lateri lethalis arundo . Truth LECTURE 1. ] 21 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... , in proportion as the thought suggested is more com- plete and satisfactory , from its being inherent in the nature of puister the things themselves . Hæret lateri lethalis arundo . Truth LECTURE 1. ] 21 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
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... thoughts ; by instilling gaiety and airi- ness of spirit ; by provoking to such dispositions of spirit , in way of ... thought satirical often runs through whole families in country places , to the great annoyance of their neigh- bours ...
... thoughts ; by instilling gaiety and airi- ness of spirit ; by provoking to such dispositions of spirit , in way of ... thought satirical often runs through whole families in country places , to the great annoyance of their neigh- bours ...
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... thought it cost Shakspeare to write his trage- dies , only showed the labour which it cost the critic in reading them , that is , his general indisposition to sympathise heartily and spontaneously with works of high - wrought passion or ...
... thought it cost Shakspeare to write his trage- dies , only showed the labour which it cost the critic in reading them , that is , his general indisposition to sympathise heartily and spontaneously with works of high - wrought passion or ...
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