 | Stendhal - 1907 - 254 pages
...maketh those grimaces called laughter ; and is caused either by some sudden act of their own, that pleaseth them ; or by the apprehension of some deformed...another, by comparison whereof they suddenly applaud theiuselves.'— Hobbes' Leviathna, Part I, ch. vi. PAGE 14. 1. 13. la clarté et l'imprévu. The pointedness... | |
 | 1910 - 470 pages
...maketh those 'grimaces' called 'laughter'; and is caused either by some sudden act of their own that pleaseth them, or by the apprehension of some deformed...incident most to them that are conscious of the fewest abilitiet in themselves; who are forced to keep themselves in their own favour by observing the imperfections... | |
 | Blanche Colton Williams - 1917 - 380 pages
...passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter; and is caused either by some sudden act of men, that pleaseth them; or by the apprehension of some deformed...comparison whereof they suddenly applaud themselves." That is to say, men laugh from the feeling of superiority. Bergson, separated by three hundred years... | |
 | Robert Sessions Woodworth - 1918 - 232 pages
...maketh those 'grimaces' called 'laughter'; and is caused either by some sudden act of their own, that pleaseth them ; or by the apprehension of some deformed...themselves; who are forced to keep themselves in their own favor, by observing the imperfections of other men." Evidently, Hobbes is rather cynical in regard... | |
 | Ralph Forrester Williams - 1918 - 210 pages
...which maketh those grimaces called laughter: and is caused either by some sudden act of their own, that pleaseth them; or by the apprehension of some deformed thing in another, by comparison 1. Ibid, p. 99. whereof they suddenly applaud themselves.' The commonest cause of me rrir.ient , according... | |
 | Stendhal - 1925 - 446 pages
...thosc grimaces called Laughter ; and is caused either by some act of their own, that pleaseth thcm ; or by the apprehension of some deformed thing in another,...forced to keep themselves in their own favour, by obscrving the imperfections of other men ». L'idée est plus développée dans De la nature humaine,... | |
 | Fossey John Cobb Hearnshaw - 1926 - 232 pages
...maketh those grimaces called Laughter, and is caused [in men] either by some act of their own, that pleaseth them ; or by the apprehension of some deformed...comparison whereof they suddenly applaud themselves." " Grief for the calamity of another is Pitty, and ariseth [in a man] from the imagination that the... | |
 | Arthur Kenyon Rogers - 1927 - 482 pages
...ourselves. Laughter is a "sudden glory" caused either by some sudden act of our own that pleases us, or by the apprehension of some deformed thing in another by comparison whereof we suddenly applaud ourselves. The value or worth of a man is his "price," or what would be given by... | |
 | Logan Pearsall Smith - 1928 - 280 pages
...which maketh those Grimaces called Laughter; and is caused either by some sudden aft of their own, that pleaseth them; or by the apprehension of some deformed...comparison whereof they suddenly applaud themselves. Hobbes, 27. 'Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument... | |
 | John Dryden - 2023 - 586 pages
...which maketh those grimaces called Laughter; and is caused either by some sudden act of their own, that pleaseth them; or by the apprehension of some deformed...comparison whereof they suddenly applaud themselves." In regarding excessive laughter as the sign of a foolish and inferior person seeking an object of "scorn"... | |
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Sudden glory," is the passion which maketh those "grimaces" called "laughter"; and is caused either by some sudden act of their own, that pleaseth them ; or by the apprehension of some deformed thing in another, by comparison whereof they suddenly applaud... 
