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 47.
1. lappuse
... things which cannot be understood , and care not to study and grapple with a subject which promises a small results in return for considerable toil . Moreover , the inquiry does not seem sufficiently important to warrant the expenditure ...
... things which cannot be understood , and care not to study and grapple with a subject which promises a small results in return for considerable toil . Moreover , the inquiry does not seem sufficiently important to warrant the expenditure ...
7. lappuse
... things we contemplate . * But it does not belong to these things , and is totally different from them in kind . Thus , the rose is formed of certain combinations of earth , air , and water ; yet none of these dull elements possess the ...
... things we contemplate . * But it does not belong to these things , and is totally different from them in kind . Thus , the rose is formed of certain combinations of earth , air , and water ; yet none of these dull elements possess the ...
8. lappuse
... Things , ” he observes , “ would make but a poor appearance to the eye , if we saw them only in their proper figures and motions . And what reason can we assign for their exciting in us many of those ideas which are different from ...
... Things , ” he observes , “ would make but a poor appearance to the eye , if we saw them only in their proper figures and motions . And what reason can we assign for their exciting in us many of those ideas which are different from ...
9. lappuse
... Things are not what they seem ; " but that we are looking into the mirror of Nature at our own likeness . When we speak of a ludicrous occurrence , we cannot avoid thinking that the external events themselves contain something of that ...
... Things are not what they seem ; " but that we are looking into the mirror of Nature at our own likeness . When we speak of a ludicrous occurrence , we cannot avoid thinking that the external events themselves contain something of that ...
12. lappuse
... things which we have observed to be amusing . Some forms are so general that they will produce a vast number of jests , and we thus seem to have some insight into the influences that awaken humour , but we see only approximately and ...
... things which we have observed to be amusing . Some forms are so general that they will produce a vast number of jests , and we thus seem to have some insight into the influences that awaken humour , but we see only approximately and ...
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