Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ. Templeman, 1841 - 392 sivua |
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... stages , in the simply laughable , the ludicrous , the ridicu- lous ; and the effect is only the more complete , the more durably and pointedly this principle operates . To give some examples in these different kinds . We 8 ON WIT AND ...
... stages , in the simply laughable , the ludicrous , the ridicu- lous ; and the effect is only the more complete , the more durably and pointedly this principle operates . To give some examples in these different kinds . We 8 ON WIT AND ...
Sivu 9
... , in spite of our teeth , and though he may be our friend . " There is something in the misfortunes of our best friends that pleases us . " We laugh at people on the top of a stage- coach , or in it , if they seem in ON WIT AND HUMOUR . 9.
... , in spite of our teeth , and though he may be our friend . " There is something in the misfortunes of our best friends that pleases us . " We laugh at people on the top of a stage- coach , or in it , if they seem in ON WIT AND HUMOUR . 9.
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... stage . Humour is the describing the ludicrous as it is in itself ; wit is the exposing it , by com- paring or contrasting it with something else . Humour is , as it were , the growth of nature and accident ; wit is the product of art ...
... stage . Humour is the describing the ludicrous as it is in itself ; wit is the exposing it , by com- paring or contrasting it with something else . Humour is , as it were , the growth of nature and accident ; wit is the product of art ...
Sivu 54
... stage , nor indeed on the French , but that they are carried off by the verse . The Critique de l'Ecole des Femmes , ' the dialogue of which is prose , is written in a very different style . Among other things , this little piece ...
... stage , nor indeed on the French , but that they are carried off by the verse . The Critique de l'Ecole des Femmes , ' the dialogue of which is prose , is written in a very different style . Among other things , this little piece ...
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... stage . Bobadil is the only actually striking character in the play , or which tells equally in the closet and the theatre ; he is the real hero of the piece . His well - known proposal for the pacification of Europe by kill- ing some ...
... stage . Bobadil is the only actually striking character in the play , or which tells equally in the closet and the theatre ; he is the real hero of the piece . His well - known proposal for the pacification of Europe by kill- ing some ...
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