...stick. Letter to Ihc Addresterf. These are the times that try men's souls. The American Critii. AV 1. The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly...and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again.2 Age «f Reason. Partu.adjin.nott, 1 Usually quoted, " Few die, and none resign." 2 Probably...

...tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it; it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.—GEORGB KLIOT. The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly...it is difficult to class them separately. One step below the sublime makes the ridiculous; and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again.—PAINE....

...who diffuse it; it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker. — GEORGE ELIOT. The sublimo anil the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One r>tep below the sublime makes the ridiculous; and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again....

...tobacco-pipes of those who diffiue it; it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.—(rKORris KLIOT. The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to clans them separately. One htt-p below the sublime makes the ridiculous; and one step above the ridiculous...

...tobacc<»-pij>cs of those who diffuse it ; It prove* nothing but the luul taste of the smoker. — GEORUS KLIOT. The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to claws tht-m separately. One «tep below the sublime makes the ridiculuuB; and one step above the ridiculous...

...the park-like spaces of the open valley beyond Cotopaxi. Thomas Paine tells us in his Age of Reason: "The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly...related, that it is difficult to class them separately." It is good philosophy also, that the higher the strain the longer the rebound ; so no excuse is needed...

...close of the second part of his ' Age of Reason,' had said the same thing less epigrammatically : — The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly...step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again. Again, Goldsmith's exquisitely expressed And as a hare whom hounds and horns pursue Pants to the place...

...close of the second part of his '' Age of Reason," had said the same thing less epigrammatically : — The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly...step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again. Again, Goldsmith's exquisitely expressed And as a hare whom hounds and horns pursue Pants to the place...

...close of the second part of his ' Age of Reason,' had said the same thing less epigrammatically : — The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult lo class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous...

...his taste. Discrimination, sir, is a great element in wit. Thomas Paine was right when he said that, 'one step above the sublime makes the ridiculous,...step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again.' It is very true." "I always thought Napoleon said that," remarked Lady Brenda. " He may have said it,...