...works, after some very curious observations upon laughter, concludes thus : ' The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some...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,...

...works, after some very curious observations upon laughter, concludes thus : ' The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some...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,...

...advancing a great absurdity. We should distin1 ' ' The passion of langhter Ii nothing else but sadden glory, arising from some sudden conception of some...in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of oil. ere, or with our own formerly." — HOUBES' Vuceuvze of Human Nature. guish between laughter inspired...

...itself vicious ; whereas, the other sort has nothing in its principles or * [" The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory, arising from some sudden conception of some eininency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly." —...

...dishonor we 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 of some eminence in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmities of others, or with our own formerly ; for...

...unexpected, he defines it to be " a sudden glory arising from a sudden conception of some eruinency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly, for men laugh at the fellies of themselves past." It might be objected, that those are most...

...works, after some very curious observations upon laughter, concludes thus : " The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some...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,...

...works, after some very curious observations upon laughter, concludes thus : ' The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some...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,...

...subject are not wanting. Hobbes, in his " Essay on Human Nature," asserts that " the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some...ourselves by comparison with the infirmity of others." Not very flattering this to the goodness of human nature. There must surely be some who can find other...

...first excellence of an impostor, they are the last of a wit. — Young. DCCCCVL The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some emineucy iu ourselves by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly : for men...