| 1843 - 586 pages
...found in every man ? We feel the charm. We give ourselves up to it. But we strive in vain to analyse it. Perhaps the best way of describing Addison's peculiar...the eye, an almost imperceptible elevation of the brow, an almost imperceptible curl of the lip. His tone is never that either of a Jack Pudding or of... | |
| English literature - 1843 - 590 pages
...without disguise or restraint. He fambols ; he grins ; he shakes his sides ; he points the finger ; e turns up the nose ; he shoots out the tongue. The...the eye, an almost imperceptible elevation of the brow, an almost imperceptible curl of the lip. His tone is never that either of a Jack Pudding or of... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1844 - 446 pages
...Voltaire. Which of the three had the greatest power of moving laughter LIFE AND WRITINGS OF ADDISON. 139 may be questioned. But each of them, within his own...the eye, an almost imperceptible elevation of the brow, an almost imperceptible curl of the lip. His tone is never that either of a Jack Pudding or of... | |
| Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...supreme. Voltaire is the prince of buffoons. His merriment is without disguise or restraint. He F* s gambols ; he grins ; he shakes his sides ; he points...the eye, an almost imperceptible elevation of the brow, an almost imperceptible curl of the lip. His tone is never that either of a Jack Pudding or of... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1850 - 332 pages
...to the most eccentric and ludicrous fancies, with the air of a man reading the commination service. The manner of Addison is as remote from that of Swift...portion of severity into his countenance while laughing inwardly; but preserves a look peculiarly his own, a look of demure serenity, disturbed only by an... | |
| Joseph Addison - English essays - 1853 - 600 pages
...joins in it. He appears in his works such as he appeared in society. All the company are convulsed in merriment, while the dean, the author of all the mirth,...the eye, an almost imperceptible elevation of the brow, an almost imperceptible curl of the lip. His tone is never that either of a Jack Pudding or of... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1853 - 596 pages
...to the most eccentric and ludicrous fancies, with the air of a man reading the commination service. The manner of Addison is as remote from that of Swift as from that of Voltaire. He neither laughs cut like the French wit, nor, like the Irish wit, throws a double portion of severity into his countenance... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1854 - 464 pages
...describing Addison's peculiar pleasantry, is to compare it with the pleasantry of some other great satirist. The three most eminent masters of the art of ridicule,...the eye, an almost imperceptible elevation of the brow, an almost imperceptible curl of the lip. His tone is never that either of a Jack Pudding or of... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 584 pages
...joins in it. He appears in his works such as he appeared in society. All the company are convulsed in merriment, while the dean, the author of all the mirth,...the eye, an almost imperceptible elevation of the brow, an almost imperceptible curl of the lip. His tone is never that either of a Jack Pudding or of... | |
| Joseph Addison - English essays - 1853 - 600 pages
...to the most eccentric and ludicrous fancies, with the air of a man reading the commination-scrvice. The manner of Addison is as remote from that of Swift...the eye, an almost imperceptible elevation of the brow, an almost imperceptible curl of the lip. His tone is never that either of a Jack Pudding or of... | |
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