 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1850 - 602 pages
...its principles or » [" The passion of laughter is nothing else hut sudden glory, arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...infirmity of others, or with our own formerly."— jD/scourw of Human Nature.} effects that deserves condemnation. We find this amiable in others ; and... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1850 - 420 pages
...successful exertion in a virtuous cause. LECTURE XI ON WIT AND HUMOR.— PART II HOBBBS defines laughter to be " a sudden glory, arising from a sudden conception...of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with infirmity of others, or our own former infirmity." By infirmity he must mean, I presume, marked and... | |
 | American literature - 1850 - 604 pages
...of wit, and full of the most ingenious and exalted pleasantry." (P. 120.) " Hobbes defines Laughter to be a sudden glory arising from a sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves by comparison with infirmity of others, or our own former infirmity . . Taking the language of Hobbes to mean the sudden... | |
 | charles black - 1850 - 630 pages
...of wit, and full of the most ingenious and exalted pleasantry.' (P. 120.) ' Hobbes defines Laughter to be a sudden glory arising from a sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves by comparison with infirmity of others, or our own former infirmity Taking the language of Hobbes to mean the sudden discovery... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 608 pages
...of wit, and full of the most ingenious and exalted pleasantry." (P. 120.) " Hobbes defines Laughter h( infirmity of others, or our own former infirmity . . Taking the language of Hobbes to mean the sudden... | |
 | Periodicals - 1850 - 744 pages
...inspire. Concerning Humor, our author justly rejects the hypothesis of Hobbcs,who defines laughter to be " a sudden glory, arising from a sudden conception of some emincncy of ourselves, by comparison with infirmity (inferiority) of others, or our own former infirmity."... | |
 | 1852 - 374 pages
...nature, concludes that " the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves by comparison with. the infirmity of others." If this be true, instead of considering laughter to be caused by a feeling of the ridiculous, we should... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 596 pages
...laughter, concludes thus: — ' The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...formerly; for men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when they come suddenly to remembrance, except they bring with them any present dishonour.' According... | |
 | 1853 - 524 pages
...jests upon. passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conceptiou of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with...: for men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when they come suddenly to remembrance, except they bring with them any present dishonour. The Dutch,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from a sudden conception of some emincncy in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of...formerly ; for men laugh at the follies of themselves post, when they come suddenly to remembrance, except they bring with them any present dishonour. It... | |
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The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly... 
