Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ. Templeman, 1841 - 392 sivua |
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... spirits ; but the instant the change is not only sudden , but threatens serious conse- quences , or calls up the shape of danger , terror supersedes our disposition to mirth , and laughter gives place to tears . It is usual to play with ...
... spirits ; but the instant the change is not only sudden , but threatens serious conse- quences , or calls up the shape of danger , terror supersedes our disposition to mirth , and laughter gives place to tears . It is usual to play with ...
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... spirit between them . The consciousness , however it may arise , that there is something that we ought to look grave at , is almost always a signal for laughter outright : we can hardly keep our countenance at a sermon , a funeral , or ...
... spirit between them . The consciousness , however it may arise , that there is something that we ought to look grave at , is almost always a signal for laughter outright : we can hardly keep our countenance at a sermon , a funeral , or ...
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... spirit and inven- tion ; and the more incredible the effrontery , the greater is the joke . 6 There is nothing more powerfully humorous than what is called keeping in comic character , as we see it very finely exemplified in Sancho ...
... spirit and inven- tion ; and the more incredible the effrontery , the greater is the joke . 6 There is nothing more powerfully humorous than what is called keeping in comic character , as we see it very finely exemplified in Sancho ...
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... spirit , and reach of wit more than vulgar : it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts , that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable skill that he can dextrously accommodate them to a purpose before him , together ...
... spirit , and reach of wit more than vulgar : it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts , that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable skill that he can dextrously accommodate them to a purpose before him , together ...
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... spirit ; by provoking to such dispositions of spirit , in way of emulation or complaisance , and by seasoning matter , otherwise distasteful or insipid , with an unusual and thence grateful tang . " - Barron's Works , Serm . 14 . I will ...
... spirit ; by provoking to such dispositions of spirit , in way of emulation or complaisance , and by seasoning matter , otherwise distasteful or insipid , with an unusual and thence grateful tang . " - Barron's Works , Serm . 14 . I will ...
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