...passage in Tom Paine, whose writings were translated into French as early as 1791, stands thus : — " The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly...step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again." Blair has a remark akin to this : " It is indeed extremely difficult to hit the precise point where...

...that try men's souls. Age of Reason. Part ii. ad fin. (note). The sublime and the ridiculous are so often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class...step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again.* DON JOSEPH PALAFOX. 1780-1843. At the Siege of Saragosa. War to the knife. THOMAS B. MACAULAY. Edinburgh...

...Guy Fawkes carried his dark lanthorn, and taken them out to shine as he might happen to want them. ' The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly...step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again ; the account, however, abstracted from the poetical fancy shows the ignorance of Joshua, for he should...

...passage in Tom Paine, whose writings were translated into French as early as 1791, stands thus : — " The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly...step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again." Blair has a remark akin to this : — " It is indeed extremely difficult to hit the precise point where...

...passage in Tom Paine, whose writings were translated into French as early as 1791, stands thus : — The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly...step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again. Blair has a remark akin to this : — It id indeed extremely difficult to hit the precise point where...

...passage in Tom Paine, whose writings were translated into French as early as 1791, stands thus : — The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly...step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again. Blair has a remark akin to this : — It is indeed extremely difficult to hit the precise point where...

...passage in Tom Paine, whose writings were translated into French as early as 1791, stands thus : — " The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is di Ilia ill to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step...

...as Guy Faux carried hi a dark lanthorn, and taken them out to shine as he might happen to want them. The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly...step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again ; the account, however, abstracted from the poetical fancy, shows, the ignorance of Joshua, for he...

...borrowed by him from TOM PAINE, whose works were translated into French in 1791, and who says, — The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly...ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the eublimo again. Tom Paine, in turn, adopted the idea from HUGH BLAIR, who says, in one place, — It...

..." Du sublime au redicule, il n'ya qu'un pas," but it really originated with Thomas Paine, who says that " the sublime and the ridiculous are often so...step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again." Even Tallyrand's celebrated remark, " that language was given to man not to express his thoughts but...