Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ. Templeman, 1841 - 392 sivua |
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... that which is unreasonable and unnecessary , the absurdity of which provokes our spleen or mirth , rather than any serious reflections on it . B To explain the nature of laughter and tears , is LECTURE I Introductory -On Wit and Humour.
... that which is unreasonable and unnecessary , the absurdity of which provokes our spleen or mirth , rather than any serious reflections on it . B To explain the nature of laughter and tears , is LECTURE I Introductory -On Wit and Humour.
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William Hazlitt. To explain the nature of laughter and tears , is to account for the condition of human life ; for it ... natural and involuntary resource of the mind overcome by some sudden and violent emotion , before it has had time to ...
William Hazlitt. To explain the nature of laughter and tears , is to account for the condition of human life ; for it ... natural and involuntary resource of the mind overcome by some sudden and violent emotion , before it has had time to ...
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... natural improbability , as it were , increasing every time with the multiplica- tion of chances for a return to common ... nature . That which excites so lively and lasting an interest in itself , even though it should ON WIT AND HUMOUR . 15.
... natural improbability , as it were , increasing every time with the multiplica- tion of chances for a return to common ... nature . That which excites so lively and lasting an interest in itself , even though it should ON WIT AND HUMOUR . 15.
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... nature and accident ; wit is the product of art and fancy . Humour , as it is shown in books , is an imitation of the natural or acquired absurdities of mankind , or of the ludicrous in accident , situation , and character ; wit is the ...
... nature and accident ; wit is the product of art and fancy . Humour , as it is shown in books , is an imitation of the natural or acquired absurdities of mankind , or of the ludicrous in accident , situation , and character ; wit is the ...
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... nature , is wit just as much as the bringing together those that appear at first sight totally different . There is then no sufficient ground for admitting Mr Locke's celebrated definition of wit , which he makes to consist in the ...
... nature , is wit just as much as the bringing together those that appear at first sight totally different . There is then no sufficient ground for admitting Mr Locke's celebrated definition of wit , which he makes to consist in the ...
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absurdity admiration affectation amusing appearance beauty Ben Jonson Brass character comedy comic writers common Congreve critical delight Dick Don Quixote double entendre Dr Johnson dramatic dress elegance Epicene equally Essays excellence extravagance eyes face fancy farce feeling folly genius Gil Blas give grace Hazlitt heart Hogarth Hudibras human nature idea imagination imitation insipid instance interest invention Lady laugh lively look Lord lover ludicrous manners Millamant mind mistress Montaigne moral novel object observation original painted passion person piece play pleasure plot poet poetry PORTLAND STREET racters Rake's Progress reason refinement ridiculous romantic satire scene School for Scandal seems sense sentiment serious Serjeant Talfourd Shakspeare sort Spectator spirit stage story striking style Tartuffe Tatler TEMPLEMAN thee things thought tion Tom Jones truth turn vice vulgar whole wife WILLIAM HAZLITT words Wycherley