 MAN is the only animal that laughs and weeps ; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.  Elements of Criticism - Pagina 213door Lord Henry Home Kames - 1859 - 486 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Hazlitt - 1819 - 360 pagina’s
...LECTURE I.— INTRODUCTORY. ON WIT AND HUMOUR. MAN is the only animal that laughs and weeps ; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference...serious matters : we laugh at what only disappoints our expectations in trifles. We shed tears from sympathy with real and necessary distress ; as we burst... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1819 - 368 pagina’s
...LECTURE I.— INTRODUCTORY. ON WIT AND HUMOUR. I MA 1ST is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and wHt they ought to he.f We weep at what thwarts or exceeds \ our desires in serious matters : we laugh... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 512 pagina’s
...LECTURE I.—INTRODUCTORY. On Wit and Humour. MAN is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference...serious matters: we laugh at what only disappoints our expectations in trifles. We shed tears from sympathy with real and necessary distress; as we burst... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 242 pagina’s
...that laughs and weeps; for he is the [A only animal that is struck with the difference between what I things are, and what they ought to be. We weep at...serious matters : we laugh at what only disappoints our expectations in trifles. We shed tears from sympathy with real and necessary distress ; as we burst... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1854 - 980 pagina’s
...LECTURE I.— INTRODUCTORY. On Wit and Humour. MAN is the only animal that laughs and weeps ; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference...serious matters : we laugh at what only disappoints our expectations in trifles. We shed tears from sympathy with real and necessary distress ; as we burst... | |
 | George Washington Bungay - 1854 - 500 pagina’s
...with my hat for a writing-desk. Thackeray seems blest with an intuitive perception for distinguishing the difference between what things are and what they ought to be. " The world is a stage " and men are players, but he has a box to himself, and an opera glass with... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1855 - 498 pagina’s
...meaning - — , * * [Hazlitt observes : — " Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps ; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference...serious matters ; we laugh at what only disappoints our expectationa in trifles. We shed tears from sympathy with real and necessary distress; as we burst... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1859 - 512 pagina’s
...: for as language ripens, and the meaning * [Hazlitt observes:—"Man is the only animal thatlaughs and weeps ; for ne is the only animal that is struck...we laugh at what only disappoints our expectation» iii tritios. We fthed tears from sympathy with real and necessary distress ; as we burst into laughter... | |
 | 1867 - 548 pagina’s
...those we have been suggesting : — ' Man,' he says, ' is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference...serious matters ; we laugh at what only disappoints our expectations in trifles.' The aspects in which we have now considered Ridicule seem to harmonize well... | |
 | 1867 - 850 pagina’s
...in.' he says, ' is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is strurk with the difference between what things are and what...at what thwarts or exceeds our desires in serious mat ers; we laujhat what only disappoints our expectations in trifles.' The aspects in which we have... | |
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