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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 ...
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... certain given things , or to the highest matters . From the sublime to the ridiculous , there is but one step . ' The slightest want of unity of " ! impression destroys the sublime ; the detection of the smallest 23 ON WIT AND HUMOUR.
... certain given things , or to the highest matters . From the sublime to the ridiculous , there is but one step . ' The slightest want of unity of " ! impression destroys the sublime ; the detection of the smallest 23 ON WIT AND HUMOUR.
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... 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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| 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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