Selected Essays of William Hazlitt, 1778-1830Nonesuch Press, 1948 - 807 pagina's |
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Pagina 416
... laugh at their lovers . We laugh at a damned author , in spite of our teeth , and though he may be our friend . " There is something in the misfortunes of our best friends that pleases us . " We laugh at people on the top of a stage ...
... laugh at their lovers . We laugh at a damned author , in spite of our teeth , and though he may be our friend . " There is something in the misfortunes of our best friends that pleases us . " We laugh at people on the top of a stage ...
Pagina 417
... laugh , you cannot give a reason why they should laugh ; -they must laugh of themselves , or not at all . As we laugh from a spon- taneous impulse , we laugh the more at any restraint upon this impulse . We laugh at a thing merely ...
... laugh , you cannot give a reason why they should laugh ; -they must laugh of themselves , or not at all . As we laugh from a spon- taneous impulse , we laugh the more at any restraint upon this impulse . We laugh at a thing merely ...
Pagina 442
... laughter without a cause , nor anything more troublesome than what are called laughing people . A professed laugher is as con- temptible and tiresome a character as a professed wit : the one is always contriving something to laugh at ...
... laughter without a cause , nor anything more troublesome than what are called laughing people . A professed laugher is as con- temptible and tiresome a character as a professed wit : the one is always contriving something to laugh at ...
Inhoudsopgave
On the Love of Life | 8 |
On Living to Onesself | 24 |
On Reading Old Books | 40 |
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