Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1930 - Počet stran: 340 |
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... Humour is the describing the ludicrous as it is in itself ; wit is the exposing it , by comparing or contrasting it with something else . Humour is , as it were , the growth of nature and accident ; wit is the product of art and fancy .
... Humour is the describing the ludicrous as it is in itself ; wit is the exposing it , by comparing or contrasting it with something else . Humour is , as it were , the growth of nature and accident ; wit is the product of art and fancy .
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... humour is to his wit , as one grain of wheat in a bushel of chaff : you shall search all day , and when you find it , it is not worth the trouble . ' Yet there are exceptions . The most decisive is , I think , the description of the ...
... humour is to his wit , as one grain of wheat in a bushel of chaff : you shall search all day , and when you find it , it is not worth the trouble . ' Yet there are exceptions . The most decisive is , I think , the description of the ...
Strana 191
... humour . The droll and laughable depend on peculiarity and incongruity of character . But with the progress of refinement , the peculiarities of individuals and of classes wear out or lose their sharp , abrupt edges ; nay , a certain ...
... humour . The droll and laughable depend on peculiarity and incongruity of character . But with the progress of refinement , the peculiarities of individuals and of classes wear out or lose their sharp , abrupt edges ; nay , a certain ...
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