Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 pages |
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Page 13
... light and worthless ; or to divert our admiration or wean our affections from that which is lofty and impressive , instead of producing a more intense admiration and exalted passion , as poetry does . Wit may sometimes , in- deed , be ...
... light and worthless ; or to divert our admiration or wean our affections from that which is lofty and impressive , instead of producing a more intense admiration and exalted passion , as poetry does . Wit may sometimes , in- deed , be ...
Page 14
... light and trifling , whether in matters of pleasure or pain ; for as soon as it describes the serious seriously , it ceases to be wit , and passes into a different form . Wit is , in fact , the eloquence of in- difference , or an ...
... light and trifling , whether in matters of pleasure or pain ; for as soon as it describes the serious seriously , it ceases to be wit , and passes into a different form . Wit is , in fact , the eloquence of in- difference , or an ...
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... light from far To all that in the wide deep wand'ring are : And cheerful chanticleer with his note shrill , Had warned once that Phœbus ' fiery car In haste was climbing up the eastern hill , Full envious that night so long his room did ...
... light from far To all that in the wide deep wand'ring are : And cheerful chanticleer with his note shrill , Had warned once that Phœbus ' fiery car In haste was climbing up the eastern hill , Full envious that night so long his room did ...
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... lights , runs through the whole of the character of Falstaff , and is , in truth , the principle on which it is ... light upon them through ignorance or accident , they would be merely ludicrous . It might be made an argument of the ...
... lights , runs through the whole of the character of Falstaff , and is , in truth , the principle on which it is ... light upon them through ignorance or accident , they would be merely ludicrous . It might be made an argument of the ...
Page 28
... light . " Any one must be mainly ignorant or thoughtless , who is surprised at everything he sees ; or wonderfully conceited , who expects everything to conform to his standard of propriety . Clowns and idiots laugh on all occasions ...
... light . " Any one must be mainly ignorant or thoughtless , who is surprised at everything he sees ; or wonderfully conceited , who expects everything to conform to his standard of propriety . Clowns and idiots laugh on all occasions ...
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