 to refrain from laughter, when they who are not prepossessed by the same accidental association, are utterly unable to guess the reason of his merriment. Words which convey ideas of dignity in one age, are banished from elegant writing or conversation...  The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Rambler - Página 276por Samuel Johnson - 1825Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Joseph Henry Gilmore - 1891 - 192 páginas
...has been successfully employed in some ludicrous narrative, the gravest auditor finds it difficult to refrain from laughter, when they who are not prepossessed...utterly unable to guess the reason of his merriment." A religious newspaper, bewailing the fact that a building designed to furnish "Denominational Headquarters,"... | |
 | Barrett Wendell - 1891 - 338 páginas
...has been successfully employed in some ludicrous narrative, the gravest auditor finds it difficult to refrain from laughter, when they who are not prepossessed...because they are in time debased by vulgar mouths, and can be no longer heard without the involuntary recollection of unpleasing images." Compare these two... | |
 | George Rylands - 1928 - 272 páginas
...of other things arbitrarily and capriciously established, depends wholly upon accident and custom. Words which convey ideas of dignity in one age are banished from elegant writing and conversation in another, because they are in time debased by vulgar mouths and can no longer be... | |
 | English Association - 1911 - 192 páginas
...has begun his criticism by saying that words become low by the occasions to which they are applied. ' Words which convey ideas of dignity in one age are...because they are in time debased by vulgar mouths and can no longer be heard without the involuntary recollection of unpleasing images.' Thus, if poetry... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1908 - 256 páginas
...has been successfully employed in some ludicrous narrative, the gravest auditor finds it difficult to refrain from laughter, when they who are not prepossessed...because they are in time debased by vulgar mouths, and can be no longer heard without the involuntary recollection of unpleasing images. When Macbeth is confirming... | |
 | Frank Brady, William Wimsatt - 1978 - 655 páginas
...has been successfully employed in some ludicrous narrative, the gravest auditor finds it difficult to refrain from laughter, when they who are not prepossessed...because they are in time debased by vulgar mouths, and can be no longer heard without the involuntary recollection of unpleasing images. When Macbeth is confirming... | |
 | Charles H. Hinnant - 1994 - 276 páginas
...to prevent the reader from reacting to the contemporary associations of the words. He insists that "words which convey ideas of dignity in one age, are...because they are in time debased by vulgar mouths, and can be no longer heard without the involuntary recollection of unpleasing images" (Rambler, V: 127).... | |
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