Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 страници |
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... truth of absurdity to itself . That reason and good sense should be consistent , is not wonderful : but that caprice , and whim , and fantastical prejudice , should be uniform and infallible in their results , is the surprising thing ...
... truth of absurdity to itself . That reason and good sense should be consistent , is not wonderful : but that caprice , and whim , and fantastical prejudice , should be uniform and infallible in their results , is the surprising thing ...
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... mind to ; " but the wit consists in the truth of the character , and in the hap- py exposure of the ludicrous contradiction between the pretext and the practice ; between their lenity towards their own 16 [ LECTURE 1 . ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... mind to ; " but the wit consists in the truth of the character , and in the hap- py exposure of the ludicrous contradiction between the pretext and the practice ; between their lenity towards their own 16 [ LECTURE 1 . ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
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... truth ( if truth it were ) by a fortuitous concourse of letters of the alphabet , jumping in “ a foregone conclusion , " but there was no proof of the thing , unless it was self - evident . And , indeed , this may be considered as the ...
... truth ( if truth it were ) by a fortuitous concourse of letters of the alphabet , jumping in “ a foregone conclusion , " but there was no proof of the thing , unless it was self - evident . And , indeed , this may be considered as the ...
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... truth , at least of what is truth according to public opinion and common sense ; for it can only expose to instanta- neous contempt that which is condemned by public opinion , and is hostile to the common sense of mankind . Or , to put ...
... truth , at least of what is truth according to public opinion and common sense ; for it can only expose to instanta- neous contempt that which is condemned by public opinion , and is hostile to the common sense of mankind . Or , to put ...
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... surprising , in proportion as the thought suggested is more com- plete and satisfactory , from its being inherent in the nature of Truth the things themselves . Hæret lateri lethalis arundo . LECTURE 1. ] 21 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... surprising , in proportion as the thought suggested is more com- plete and satisfactory , from its being inherent in the nature of Truth the things themselves . Hæret lateri lethalis arundo . LECTURE 1. ] 21 ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
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Страница 37 - tis certain ; very sure, very sure : death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all ; all shall die.
Страница 24 - The hedge-sparrow fed the cuckoo so long, That it had its head bit off by its young.
Страница 72 - ... lover? Prithee why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee why so pale? Why so dull and mute, young sinner? Prithee why so mute? Will, when speaking well can't win her, Saying nothing do't?
Страница 69 - tis my outward soul, Viceroy to that, which then to heaven being gone, Will leave this to control And keep these limbs, her provinces, from dissolution.
Страница 68 - tis some bravery. That since you would save none of me, I bury some of you. The Blossom Little thinkst thou, poor flower. Whom I have watched six or seven days, And seen thy birth, and seen what every hour Gave to thy growth, thee to this height to raise, And now dost laugh and triumph on this bough, Little thinkst thou That it will freeze anon, and that I shall Tomorrow find thee fall'n, or not at all...
Страница 14 - The sun had long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap, And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn...
Страница 18 - Wit lying most in the assemblage of Ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant Pictures, and agreeable Visions in the fancy...
Страница 62 - Do we succeed? Is our day come? and holds it? Face. The evening will set red upon you, sir; You have colour for it, crimson : the red ferment Has done, his office; three hours hence prepare you To see projection. Mam. Pertinax, my Surly, Again I say to thee aloud, Be rich. This day thou shalt have ingots; and to-morrow Give lords th
Страница 77 - Drinks up the sea, and when he 's done. The Moon and Stars drink up the Sun: They drink and dance by their own light, They drink and revel all the night: Nothing in Nature 's sober found, But an eternal health goes round.
Страница 94 - Beauty the lover's gift! Lord, what is a lover, that it can give? Why, one makes lovers as fast as one pleases, and they live as long as one pleases, and they die as soon as one pleases; and then, if one pleases, one makes more.