...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...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. (1) In...

...Henry Kett, 1825. drowned, Stamcell. Clement Joseph Tissot, 1826. d. Paris. Colonel Dixon Denham, 1828. Men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when...suddenly to remembrance, except they bring with them any present dishonour.—Hobhes. A putrun who bhall have defrauded his client shall bc execrable. Twelve...

...It is in vain, 2 В for example, that Hobbes defines laughter to be " a sudden glory, arising from a sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...infirmity of others, or with our own formerly;" for we laugh as readily at some brilliant conception of wit, where there are no infirmities of others displayed,...

...descend to the philosopher of Malmesbury, who hath defined laughter " a sudden glory, arising from a sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...infirmity of others, or with our own formerly."|| This account is, I acknowledge, incompatible with that given in the preceding pages, and, in my judgment,...

...viewing more particularly the act of the mind, defines laughter to be a " sudden glory, arising from a sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly." And. elsewhere he says, " men laugh at jests, the wit whereof always consisteth in the elegant discovering...

...participate, we never laugh thereat. I may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothingelse but sudden glory, arising from some sudden conception...suddenly to remembrance, except they bring with them any present dishonour. " It is no wonder that men take heinously to be laughed at or derided, that is,...

...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 sudden conception...the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly." — Discourse of Human Nature.'} 134 THE BEE natural to the English, and therefore those who endeavour...

...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...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. (1) In...

...moves laughter, it must be new and unexpected, he defines it to be " a sudden glory arising from a sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...for men laugh at the follies of themselves past." It might be objected, that those are most prone to laughter, who have least of this glorying in themselves,...

...moves laughter, it must be new and unexpected, he defines it to be “a sudden glory arising from a sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...for men laugh at the follies of themselves past.” It might be objected, that those are most prone to laughter, who have least of this glorying in themselves,...