Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ. Templeman, 1841 - 392 sivua |
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... matters : we laugh at what only disappoints our expectations in trifles . We shed tears from sympathy with real and necessary distress ; as we burst into laughter from want of sympathy with that which is unreasonable and unnecessary ...
... matters : we laugh at what only disappoints our expectations in trifles . We shed tears from sympathy with real and necessary distress ; as we burst into laughter from want of sympathy with that which is unreasonable and unnecessary ...
Sivu 5
... matter of this indifference , will only vent itself in a fit of laughter . The transition here is not from one thing of importance to another , or from a state of indifference to a state of strong excitement ; but merely from one ...
... matter of this indifference , will only vent itself in a fit of laughter . The transition here is not from one thing of importance to another , or from a state of indifference to a state of strong excitement ; but merely from one ...
Sivu 10
... matter to ourselves ; because our self - love is stronger than our sym- pathy , sooner takes the alarm , and instantly turns our heedless mirth into gravity , which only enhances the jest to others . Some one is gene- rally sure to be ...
... matter to ourselves ; because our self - love is stronger than our sym- pathy , sooner takes the alarm , and instantly turns our heedless mirth into gravity , which only enhances the jest to others . Some one is gene- rally sure to be ...
Sivu 12
... matter to preserve deco- rum in courts of justice ; the smallest circum- stance that interferes with the solemnity of the proceedings throws the whole place into an up- roar of laughter . People at the point of death often say smart ...
... matter to preserve deco- rum in courts of justice ; the smallest circum- stance that interferes with the solemnity of the proceedings throws the whole place into an up- roar of laughter . People at the point of death often say smart ...
Sivu 13
... edge . It is a more extreme case still where the person is aware of being the object of ridicule , and yet seems perfectly reconciled to it as a matter of course . So wit is often the more forcible and ON WIT AND HUMOUR . 13.
... edge . It is a more extreme case still where the person is aware of being the object of ridicule , and yet seems perfectly reconciled to it as a matter of course . So wit is often the more forcible and ON WIT AND HUMOUR . 13.
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