Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ. Templeman, 1841 - 392 sivua |
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... reflection , I have retained that Lecture in its original position ; for , after all , Hogarth was a comic writer , and one of our best ; the only differ- ence is , that he wrote on canvass . W. H. * This work will appear in the spring ...
... reflection , I have retained that Lecture in its original position ; for , after all , Hogarth was a comic writer , and one of our best ; the only differ- ence is , that he wrote on canvass . W. H. * This work will appear in the spring ...
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... 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.
... 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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... reflections . The essence of the laughable then is the incongruous , the disconnecting one idea from another , or the jostling of one feeling against another . The first and most obvious cause of laughter is to be found in the simple ...
... reflections . The essence of the laughable then is the incongruous , the disconnecting one idea from another , or the jostling of one feeling against another . The first and most obvious cause of laughter is to be found in the simple ...
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... - dition of human life , and the weakness of the human understanding in Shallow's reflections on it ; who , while the past is sliding from beneath his feet , still clings to the present . The ON SHAKSPEARE AND BEN JONSON . 65.
... - dition of human life , and the weakness of the human understanding in Shallow's reflections on it ; who , while the past is sliding from beneath his feet , still clings to the present . The ON SHAKSPEARE AND BEN JONSON . 65.
Sivu 66
... reflections and impertinent digres- sions . The reader laughs ( as well he may ) in reading the passage , but he lays down the book to think . The wit , however diverting , is social and humane . But this is not the distinguish- ing ...
... reflections and impertinent digres- sions . The reader laughs ( as well he may ) in reading the passage , but he lays down the book to think . The wit , however diverting , is social and humane . But this is not the distinguish- ing ...
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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