Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1930 - Počet stran: 340 |
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... fancy.— Mere wit , as opposed to reason or argument , consists in striking out some casual and partial coincidence which has nothing to do , or at least implies no necessary connection with the nature of the things , which are forced ...
... fancy.— Mere wit , as opposed to reason or argument , consists in striking out some casual and partial coincidence which has nothing to do , or at least implies no necessary connection with the nature of the things , which are forced ...
Strana 36
... fancy . The author lends occasion to his absurdity to shew itself as much as he pleases , devises antics for him which would not enter into his own head , makes him go to church in a galliard , and return home in a coranto ; ' adds fuel ...
... fancy . The author lends occasion to his absurdity to shew itself as much as he pleases , devises antics for him which would not enter into his own head , makes him go to church in a galliard , and return home in a coranto ; ' adds fuel ...
Strana 37
... fancy and the world of fashion . The refine- ments of romantic passion arise out of the imagination brooding over ' airy nothing , ' or over a favourite object , where ' love's golden shaft hath killed the flock of all affections else ...
... fancy and the world of fashion . The refine- ments of romantic passion arise out of the imagination brooding over ' airy nothing , ' or over a favourite object , where ' love's golden shaft hath killed the flock of all affections else ...
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