Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1930 - Počet stran: 340 |
Vyhledávání v knize
Výsledky 1-3 z 51
Strana 8
... principle of contrast is , how- ever , the same in all the stages , in the simply laughable , the ludicrous , the ridiculous ; and the effect is only the more complete , the more durably and pointedly this principle operates . To give ...
... principle of contrast is , how- ever , the same in all the stages , in the simply laughable , the ludicrous , the ridiculous ; and the effect is only the more complete , the more durably and pointedly this principle operates . To give ...
Strana 132
... principle , that abstract reason and general utility are the only test and standard of moral rectitude . If this principle is true , then the system is true ' ut I think that Mr. Godwin's book has done more than any thing else to ...
... principle , that abstract reason and general utility are the only test and standard of moral rectitude . If this principle is true , then the system is true ' ut I think that Mr. Godwin's book has done more than any thing else to ...
Strana 260
... principle was in its nature , end , and origin , selfish , slippery , treacherous , inert , inoperative but as an instrument of some immediate stimulus , incapable of generous sacrifice or painful exertion , and deserving a name and ...
... principle was in its nature , end , and origin , selfish , slippery , treacherous , inert , inoperative but as an instrument of some immediate stimulus , incapable of generous sacrifice or painful exertion , and deserving a name and ...
Další vydání - Zobrazit všechny
Běžně se vyskytující výrazy a sousloví
absurdity admiration affectation amusing appearance beauty Beggar's Opera Ben Jonson better Brentford Caleb Williams character circumstances comedy comic common delight Don Quixote English Epicene equally extravagance face Falstaff fancy favourite feeling folly genius gentleman Gil Blas give grace hand heart hero Hogarth Hudibras human humour idea imagination impression insipid instance interest Jem Belcher lady laugh live look Lord Lord Byron lover ludicrous main-chance manners means Millamant mind mistress moral nature never object opinion ourselves pain passion perhaps person philosopher picture play pleasure poet poetry present pretensions principle Rake's Progress reason refinement ridiculous romance satire scene School for Scandal seems self-love sense sentiment Shakspeare shew sort spirit stage story style supposed sympathy Tartuffe taste Tatler thing thought Tom Jones truth turn vanity whole WILLIAM HAZLITT words writers