A Theory of Wit and Humour |
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CHAP | 1 |
Classification of Risible Phases | 18 |
On Ingenuity in General and Circum | 35 |
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according adventitious inferiority ęsthetic Bentley's Miscellany cause Chapter character circum circumstantial novelty collateral circumstances constitutes convention course degree dishonour dissimilar feature division error of judgment evidence of ingenuity exaggeration exceptional aspect excuse exhibition extra-ordinary circumstances fection form of words formal presumptive evidence genuity give idea identity or antithesis illustration imperfection of Sect inci incidents incongruity indicated injustice instance intellectual intrinsic inferiority irony jocular joke latter legitimate progress less loss of dignity ment mental inferiority mentioned metaphor moral inferiority nominal falsehood observer obstruction of legitimate occasion one's ordinarily ostensible paterfamilias person phase of circumstantial phase of novelty pleasure possession possible of realization procedure produced prominent features propriety puns reasonably possible reference regards remark remote phase respect risible imperfection risible phases river Wey second signification sentence shape shown speech stantial novelty statement substantial third species tion utterance verbal quibble wholly natural