The Companion: After-dinner Table-talkG. P. Putnam, 1850 - 192 páginas |
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... relations of ideas that are useful , and have a real influence upon life , but to discover the more trifling relations which are only amusing ; he never looks at things with the naked eye of common- sense , but is always gazing at the ...
... relations of ideas that are useful , and have a real influence upon life , but to discover the more trifling relations which are only amusing ; he never looks at things with the naked eye of common- sense , but is always gazing at the ...
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... relations that are not ap- parent , bulls admit apparent relations that are not real . The pleasure arising from bulls ... relation between two actions which more correct understandings immediately perceive to have none at all . In the ...
... relations that are not ap- parent , bulls admit apparent relations that are not real . The pleasure arising from bulls ... relation between two actions which more correct understandings immediately perceive to have none at all . In the ...
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... relation of ideas leading to a com- plete inconsistency . There are some bulls so ex- tremely fallacious , that any man may imagine him- self to have been betrayed into them ; but these are rare : and , in general , it is a poor ...
... relation of ideas leading to a com- plete inconsistency . There are some bulls so ex- tremely fallacious , that any man may imagine him- self to have been betrayed into them ; but these are rare : and , in general , it is a poor ...
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... relations in language . A pun , to be perfection in its kind , should contain two distinct meanings ; the one , com ... relation excites , the pleasure of a pun consists . Miss Hamilton , in her book on Education , mentions the instance ...
... relations in language . A pun , to be perfection in its kind , should contain two distinct meanings ; the one , com ... relation excites , the pleasure of a pun consists . Miss Hamilton , in her book on Education , mentions the instance ...
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... perfect comedy , nor heard ridicule so long and so well sustained . Sir James had not only humour , but he had wit also ; at least , new and sud- den relations of ideas flashed across his mind in rea- AFTER DINNER TABLE - TALK . 123.
... perfect comedy , nor heard ridicule so long and so well sustained . Sir James had not only humour , but he had wit also ; at least , new and sud- den relations of ideas flashed across his mind in rea- AFTER DINNER TABLE - TALK . 123.
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