 The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again...  Curiosities of Literature - Strana 462autor/autoři: Isaac Disraeli - 1807Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | 1877 - 362 str.
...unlearned, and make the learned smile. POPE, Essay cm Criticism, part ii. 1. 126. Sublime. — The SURLIME and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that...step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again. — T. PAINE, Age of Reason, part ii. Success. — 'Tis not in mortals to command SUCCESS, But we'll... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1878 - 606 str.
...as Guy Faux carried his dark lanthorn, and taken them out to shine as he might happen to want them. The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly...step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again ; the account, however, abstracted from the poetical fancy, shows the ignorance of Joshua, for he should... | |
 | G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 str.
...Amazed th' unlearned, and make the learned smile. POPE, Essay on Criticism, part ii. 1. 128. Sublime — The SUBLIME and the ridiculous are often so nearly...step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again. — T. PAINE, Age of Reason, part ii. Success. — "Pis not in mortals to command SUCCESS, But we'll... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1879 - 474 str.
...as Guy Faux carried his dark lantern, and taken them out to shine as he might happen to want them. The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly...ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublima again; the account, however, abstracted from the poetical fancy, shows the ignorance of Joshua,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1881 - 946 str.
...Hudibras might have given birth to the " Sard" of Gray ? I reply, that the burlesque and the tublime are extremes, and extremes meet. How often does it...ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is ditlicult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above... | |
 | Evan Daniel - 1881 - 420 str.
...beth as abstract and as conerete nouns, and in these cases should be parsed as such. Abstract Nouns : The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly...step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again. — Paine. Conerete Nouns : Formed by thy converse happily to steer From grarc to gay, from lively... | |
 | Eliezer Edwards - 1882 - 684 str.
...originated this mot. It occurs, however, in Paine's ' Age of Reason.' The passage is as follows : — ' The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly...that it is difficult to class them separately. One stop above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sub'.ime again.'... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 str.
...Thomas Paine, who published his "Age of Reason " in Paris, 1795, says, in a note at the end of Part II., "One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous,...step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again." Napoleon varied the expression when he said, " The fate of war is to be exalted in the morning, and... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 str.
...which is at least subjected to the action of the will. C. FÉNÉLON. The sublime and the ridicnlons are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step below the sublime makes the ridiculous; und one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime «gain.... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 str.
...which is at least subjected to the action of the will. C. FÉNÈLON. The sublime and the ridiculous nre often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step below the sublime makes the ridiculous; and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime THOMAS... | |
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