Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 páginas |
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... rhyme . ] Humor in writing is very different from humor in character . When an author insists upon ludicrous subjects with a professed purpose to make his readers laugh , he may be styled a ludicrous writer ; but is scarce entitled to ...
... rhyme . ] Humor in writing is very different from humor in character . When an author insists upon ludicrous subjects with a professed purpose to make his readers laugh , he may be styled a ludicrous writer ; but is scarce entitled to ...
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... rhymes are as witty as his reasons , equally remote from what common custom would suggest : That deals in destiny's dark counsels , And sage opinions of the moon sells . He startles you sometimes by an empty sound like a blow drum ...
... rhymes are as witty as his reasons , equally remote from what common custom would suggest : That deals in destiny's dark counsels , And sage opinions of the moon sells . He startles you sometimes by an empty sound like a blow drum ...
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... rhymes come under the definition of wit given in the beginning of this chapter ; they are ludicrous , and their sin- gularity occasions some degree of surprise . Swift is no less success- ful than Butler in this sort of wit ; witness ...
... rhymes come under the definition of wit given in the beginning of this chapter ; they are ludicrous , and their sin- gularity occasions some degree of surprise . Swift is no less success- ful than Butler in this sort of wit ; witness ...
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... rhyme . But may it not in some measure excuse Shakspeare , I shall not say his works , that he had no pattern , in his own or in any living language , of dialogue fitted for the the- atre ? At the same time it ought not to escape ...
... rhyme . But may it not in some measure excuse Shakspeare , I shall not say his works , that he had no pattern , in his own or in any living language , of dialogue fitted for the the- atre ? At the same time it ought not to escape ...
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... rhyme ; And with green branches strewing all the ground , Do worship her as queen with olive garland crown'd . And all the way their merry pipes they sound , That all the woods and doubled echoes ring : And with their horned feet do ...
... rhyme ; And with green branches strewing all the ground , Do worship her as queen with olive garland crown'd . And all the way their merry pipes they sound , That all the woods and doubled echoes ring : And with their horned feet do ...
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