The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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... ridiculous , which is the highest degree of the laughable , is that which is contrary not only to custom but to sense and reason , or is a voluntary departure from what we have a right to expect from those who are conscious of absurdity ...
... ridiculous , which is the highest degree of the laughable , is that which is contrary not only to custom but to sense and reason , or is a voluntary departure from what we have a right to expect from those who are conscious of absurdity ...
Page 139
... ridiculous . His object is ' to shew vice her own feature , scorn her own image . ' He is so far from contenting himself with still - life , that he is always on the verge of caricature , though without ever falling into it . He does ...
... ridiculous . His object is ' to shew vice her own feature , scorn her own image . ' He is so far from contenting himself with still - life , that he is always on the verge of caricature , though without ever falling into it . He does ...
Page 159
... ridiculous there is but one step ; ' and this character would almost seem to prove , that there is but one step from the ridiculous to the sublime . - Lubin Log , however inimitable in itself , is itself an imitation of something ...
... ridiculous there is but one step ; ' and this character would almost seem to prove , that there is but one step from the ridiculous to the sublime . - Lubin Log , however inimitable in itself , is itself an imitation of something ...
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LECTURE I | 5 |
LECTURE II | 30 |
On Cowley Butler Suckling Etherege | 70 |
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