 | James Robinson Planché - 1879 - 388 str.
...the modus operandi of that classical period, which really illustrates the old proverbial observation that there is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. I therefore selected a subject which might be treated ludicrously without any violation of good taste,... | |
 | Theodor Goldstuecker - 1879 - 614 str.
...the specimen of saints introduced to us by this trial is perhaps merely an illustration of the adage that there is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous, we cannot conceal from ourselves the reality that that step may be an extremely unpleasant one. In... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1879 - 358 str.
...submission is instinctively given. He posed as the superior being, and never descended from his pedestal. There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous : but the narrow borderland was never crossed by Chatham ; he was always sublime. He knew the.danger to dignity... | |
 | Theodor Goldstücker - 1879 - 306 str.
...the specimen of saints introduced to us by this trial is perhaps merely an illustration of the adage that there is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous, we cannot conceal from ourselves the reality that that step may be an extremely unpleasant one. In... | |
 | 1880 - 488 str.
...submission is instinctively given. He posed as the superior being, and never descended from his pedestal. There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous ; but the narrow borderland was never crossed by Chatham — he was always sublime, He knew the danger to... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch - 1880 - 532 str.
...cue from the tragedian's manner of speech to illustrate his comedy presentations recalls the saying that " There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous." It has been suggested that Mr. Charles Dickens probably took hints from Buckstone's style to assist... | |
 | 1916 - 732 str.
...respect for the customs of human society than the radicals who are trying to change those customs. Not from the Sublime to the Ridiculous, but from the Ridiculous to the Civil Service List TF you want to know the sentiment of a •1 community read its jokes. Here is one... | |
 | Jacob W. Shoemaker - 1881 - 236 str.
...not to leap the gulf alone." [Makes desperate leap on stage.'} Prof. — Hold ! Mr. S., you well know that there is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous, and why do you murder that sublime passage? Demosthenes — action is the essential element in true... | |
 | Septimus Berdmore - 1883 - 284 str.
...hundred yards distant. A mot by some satirical art- critic will bear repeating : — " It has been said that there is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. This is an error ; from the statue of Peter the Great to that of Nicholas there is at least a quarter... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch - 1883 - 482 str.
...elocution, and that is, to resist the tendency to carry such imitations to extremes. The old axiom, that there is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous, may be well applied in this connection. Thus, on the stage, the low comedian often makes use of this... | |
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Napoleon utter a more original truth than when he said, that there is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous... 
