I may therefore conclude, 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, or with our own formerly... The Philosophy of Rhetoric - Page 51by George Campbell - 1859 - 435 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 462 pages
...Hobbes'i accour.t cfl;u:ghter exaniuicj. ~ 'i defined Uughtff " a sodden glory, arising from-a sud" den conception of some eminency in ourselves,, by " comparison...others, or with our " own, formerly *." This account is, J acknowledge, incompatible with that given in the preceding pages, and, in ray judgment, results entirely... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 434 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...the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly ; for men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when they come suddenly to remembrance, except they... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 420 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 comparison with the infirmity of o* thers, or with our own formerly ; for men laugh at ' the follies of themselves past, when they come... | |
| George Campbell - English language - 1808 - 468 pages
...the peripatetic school, let us descend to the philosopher of Malmesbury, who hath denned laughter " a sudden glory, arising " from a sudden conception...This account is, I acknowledge, incompatible with that given in the preceding pages, and, in my judgment, results entirely from a view of the subject,... | |
| James Beattie - Classical education - 1809 - 406 pages
..." The passion of laughter (says " Mr. Hobbes) is nothing else, but sudden glory " arising from some sudden conception of some " eminency in ourselves...comparison with " the infirmity of others, or with our own for" merly. For men (continues he) laugh at the " follies of themselves past, when they come * Tacitus,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 394 pages
...passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some cminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly : for men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when they come suddenly to remembrance, except they... | |
| Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 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...the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly : for men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when they come suddenly to remembrance, except they... | |
| Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 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...the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly : for men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when they come suddenly to remembrance, except they... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1852 - 494 pages
...laughter, we are supported by the authority of that acute thinker, Hobbes, who says that this passion is " A sudden glory arising from a sudden conception of...the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly. For men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when they come suddenly to remembrance, except when... | |
| Spectator The - 1816 - 348 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...the infirmity of oth'ers, or with our own formerly : for men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when they come suddenly to remembrance, except they... | |
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