...unexpected, he defines it to be " a sudden glory arising from a sudden conception of some eruinency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly, for men laugh at the fellies of themselves past." It might be objected, that those are most...

...curious observations upon laughter, concludes thus : ' The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of...comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly : for men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when they come suddenly to remembrance,...

...curious observations upon laughter, concludes thus : " The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of...comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly : for men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when they come suddenly to remembrance,...

...Hobbes, in his " Essay on Human Nature," asserts that " the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of...ourselves by comparison with the infirmity of others." Not very flattering this to the goodness of human nature. There must surely be some who can find other...

...of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory, arising from some sudden conception of some emineney in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly." — Discourse of Human 1" "ire.] effects that deserves condemnation. We find this amiable...

...passion of laughter is nothing else but sadden glory arising from some sudden conception of some emineucy in ourselves by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly :|for(men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when fhey come suddenly to remembrance,...

...of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some emineucy iu ourselves by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly : for men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when they come suddenly to remembrance,...

...of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory, arising from some sudden conception of some emineney in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly." — Discourse of Human effects that deserves condemnation. We find this amiable in others...

...to the convulsive action of the diaphragm. Hobbes defines laughter, "a sudden glory arising from a sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly." Campbell says, that in laughter the genuine object is always things grouped together, in...

...mind, is merely the expression of the feeling of the ludicrous, to be " a sudden glory, arising from a sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or our own former infirmity." There can be little doubt, I think, that the object which excites laughter,...