The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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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 Percival Presland Howe, 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 ...
William Hazlitt Percival Presland Howe, 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 ...
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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 ...
Contents
LECTURE I | 5 |
LECTURE II | 30 |
On Cowley Butler Suckling Etherege | 70 |
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