History of English Humour: With an Introduction Upon Ancient Humour, 1. sējumsHurst and Blackett, 1878 - 712 lappuses |
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1.–5. rezultāts no 21.
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... Development - Emotional Phase -Laughter of Pleasure - Hostile Laughter - Is there any sense of the Ludicrous in the Lower Animals ? -Sam- son - David - Solomon - Proverbs - Fables 13 PART II . GREEK HUMOUR . Birth of Humour -
... Development - Emotional Phase -Laughter of Pleasure - Hostile Laughter - Is there any sense of the Ludicrous in the Lower Animals ? -Sam- son - David - Solomon - Proverbs - Fables 13 PART II . GREEK HUMOUR . Birth of Humour -
13. lappuse
... Fables . FEW EW of the blessings we enjoy are of greater value than the gift of humour . The pleasure attendant upon it attracts us together , forms an incentive , and gives a charm to social intercourse , and , unlike the concentrating ...
... Fables . FEW EW of the blessings we enjoy are of greater value than the gift of humour . The pleasure attendant upon it attracts us together , forms an incentive , and gives a charm to social intercourse , and , unlike the concentrating ...
44. lappuse
... that in Centaurs , dragons , and griffins . In the Assyrian cuneiform inscriptions lately de- ciphered , we read , of one Heabani , a semi- Fables . 45 bovine hermit , supposed to have lived 44 History of English Humour .
... that in Centaurs , dragons , and griffins . In the Assyrian cuneiform inscriptions lately de- ciphered , we read , of one Heabani , a semi- Fables . 45 bovine hermit , supposed to have lived 44 History of English Humour .
45. lappuse
... fables ; " whence we should conclude this much - that there was a time when poets very commonly introduced them as holding conversations , and when philosophers illustrated their doctrines . from the animal world . The fable , we are ...
... fables ; " whence we should conclude this much - that there was a time when poets very commonly introduced them as holding conversations , and when philosophers illustrated their doctrines . from the animal world . The fable , we are ...
46. lappuse
... fables do not come fully under our view until they are connected with the name of Æsop , who is said to have introduced them into Greece . In general his fables pretend to nothing more than an illustration of proverbial wisdom , but in ...
... fables do not come fully under our view until they are connected with the name of Æsop , who is said to have introduced them into Greece . In general his fables pretend to nothing more than an illustration of proverbial wisdom , but in ...
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Æsop afterwards amusing ancient Apuleius Archilochus Aristophanes attacks Aulus Gellius Ben Jonson better Bishop Cæsar called century character church Cicero comedy comic conceits dance devil Diphilus Dosiadas doubt drama drink Ennius epigrams fables fanciful feelings folly fond fool Gabriel Harvey give Greece Greek head Hippocleides Hipponax Homer Hudibras humour imitation indelicacy indulge introduced jesters jests jokes Julius Cæsar kind King Lady Latin laugh laughter learned literature lived Lord F Lucian ludicrous Madam marry merry mind mirth monks never observes origin parasite philosophers Phrynicus Plato Plautus play pleasure poem poet pray present regarded remarkable replied rich riddles ridicule Roman satire says scarcely seems servant Simonides of Amorgos sometimes speak specimens story strange supposed sweet Sybaris talent tell thee things thou thought told wife words writings written wrote
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270. lappuse - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.
214. lappuse - And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses.
297. lappuse - Tis resolved, for Nature pleads that he Should only rule who most resembles me. Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone of all my sons is he Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense.
276. lappuse - how the world wags: Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale.
261. lappuse - Unto the general disposition ; As when some one peculiar quality Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw All his affects, his spirits, and his powers, In their confluctions, all to run one way, This may be truly said to be a humour.
36. lappuse - And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
296. lappuse - Tis snip snap, Sir, as you say; but, methinks, not pleasant, nor to the purpose, for the Play does not go on. Bayes. Play does not go on ? I don't know what you mean: why, is not this part of the Play ? 60 Smi. Yes, but the Plot stands still. Bayes. Plot stand still! why, what a Devil is the Plot good for, but to bring in fine things ? Smi.
360. lappuse - Till you, the best Vitruvius, come at length, Our beauties equal, but excel our strength. Firm Doric pillars found your solid base ; The fair Corinthian crowns the higher space : Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.