The Spectator, Volume 1J. J. Woodward, 1830 |
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Pagina 65
... humour . It is indeed much easier to describe what is not humour , than what is ; and very dif- ficult to define it otherwise than as Cowley has done wit , by negatives . Were I to give my own notions of it , I would deliver them after ...
... humour . It is indeed much easier to describe what is not humour , than what is ; and very dif- ficult to define it otherwise than as Cowley has done wit , by negatives . Were I to give my own notions of it , I would deliver them after ...
Pagina 204
... humour of speaking no more than we needs must , which has so I have only considered our language as it shows the genius and natural temper of the English , which is modest , thoughtful , and sincere , and which , perhaps , may recom ...
... humour of speaking no more than we needs must , which has so I have only considered our language as it shows the genius and natural temper of the English , which is modest , thoughtful , and sincere , and which , perhaps , may recom ...
Pagina 266
... humour , the others are those of a more solemn and sober turn , who find no pleasure but in pa- pers of morality and sound sense . The former call every thing that is serious , stu- pid ; the latter look upon every thing as im ...
... humour , the others are those of a more solemn and sober turn , who find no pleasure but in pa- pers of morality and sound sense . The former call every thing that is serious , stu- pid ; the latter look upon every thing as im ...
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