...first excellence of an imposter, they are the last of a wit.— Young. DCCCCVI. The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some...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,...

...first excellence of an imposter, they are the last of a wit. — Young. DCCCCVL The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some...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,...

...in gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower. 1:1. The passion of laughter is nothing else but a sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of...comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly. Hobbet. Where men cannot arrive to any eminency of estate, yet religion makes a compensation,...

...dishonour we participate, we never laugh thereat. I may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some...some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmities of others, or with our own formerly : for men laugh at the follies of themselves past,...

...action, is nothing more than a feeling of the ludicrous, that it is " a sudden glory, arising from a sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly." To this notion of the origin of this class of our feelings, there are some objections; viz....

...works, after some very curious observations upon laughter, concludes thus: 'The passion of laughter men is very frequent , _ in the populous and wealthy...see any of my friends, am uneasy in all she, "yon Formerly; for men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when they come suddenly to remembrance,...

...employed by Hobbes, who says, " The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory, arising from a sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our aim formerly. For men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when they come suddenly to remembrance,...

...works, after some very curious .observations upon laughter, concludes thus: 'The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some...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,...

...we participate, we never laugh thereat. I may therefore 115 conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing" else but sudden glory, arising from some...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,...

...there. In regard to fine raillery, it must be allowed that it is not (1) [" The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory, arising from some...comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly." — Discourse of Human Nature.'} natural to the English, and therefore those who endeavour...