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... ludicrous , we must first know what the serious is . Now the serious is the habitual stress which the mind lays upon the expectation of a given order of events ... ludicrous : it is merely laughable . The ludicrous 7 ON WIT AND HUMOUR.
... ludicrous , we must first know what the serious is . Now the serious is the habitual stress which the mind lays upon the expectation of a given order of events ... ludicrous : it is merely laughable . The ludicrous 7 ON WIT AND HUMOUR.
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William Hazlitt Alfred Rayney Waller, Arnold Glover. the ludicrous : it is merely laughable . The ludicrous is where there is the same contradiction between the object and our expectations , heightened by some deformity or inconvenience ...
William Hazlitt Alfred Rayney Waller, Arnold Glover. the ludicrous : it is merely laughable . The ludicrous is where there is the same contradiction between the object and our expectations , heightened by some deformity or inconvenience ...
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... ludicrous consciously , whether in ourselves or another . Cross - readings , where the blunders are designed , are wit : but if any one were to light upon them through ignorance or accident , they would be merely ludicrous . It might be ...
... ludicrous consciously , whether in ourselves or another . Cross - readings , where the blunders are designed , are wit : but if any one were to light upon them through ignorance or accident , they would be merely ludicrous . It might be ...
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| Title | The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6 The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Percival Presland Howe |
| Author | William Hazlitt |
| Editors | Alfred Rayney Waller, Arnold Glover |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent, 1931 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 16 Jul 2007 |
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