 but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves by 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, except...  Johnsonian Miscellanies - Page 317publié par - 1897Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Thomas Hobbes - 1840 - 492 pages
...participate, we never laugh thereat. I may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception...suddenly to remembrance, except they bring with them any present dishonour. It is no wonder therefore that men take heinously to be laughed at or derided, that... | |
 | Alexander Walker - 1840 - 434 pages
...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...suddenly to remembrance, except they bring with them any present dishonor." It is not therefore true, as Dr. Campbell says, that " with regard to others, he... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - 1840 - 492 pages
...passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some cminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of...suddenly to remembrance, except they bring with them any present dishonour. It is no wonder therefore that men take heinously to be laughed at or derided, that... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1841 - 512 pages
...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.)... | |
 | Thomas C. Upham - 1841 - 496 pages
...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.)... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1842 - 484 pages
...that 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,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1843 - 720 pages
...may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothingelse but sudden glory arising from a sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by...suddenly to remembrance, except they bring with them any present dishonour. It is no wonder, therefore, that men take heinously to be laughed at or derided... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1843 - 634 pages
...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,... | |
 | Granville G. Loch - 1843 - 270 pages
...heartiest; rather against the theory of Mr. Hobbes, that " the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception...the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly." This height would be a fine military post, and is to be occupied by Major-General Schoedde's brigade... | |
 | Granville G. Loch - 1843 - 294 pages
...heartiest; rather against the theory of Mr. Hobbes, that " the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception...the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly." This height would be a fine military post, and is to be occupied by Major-General Schoedde's brigade... | |
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