 If instead of falling foul of the ridiculous person with a satiric rod, to make him writhe and shriek aloud, you prefer to sting him under a semi-caress, by which he shall in his anguish be rendered dubious whether indeed anything has hurt him, you are...  Prague Studies in English - Page 491924Full view - About this book
 | Richard Le Gallienne - 1890 - 284 pages
...chilled by it, you are slipping into the grasp of satire. If, instead of falling foul of the ridiculous person with a satiric rod, to make him writhe 'and...indeed anything has hurt him, you are an engine of irony. If you laugh all round him, tumble him, roll him about, deal him a smack, and drop a tear on... | |
 | American literature - 1896 - 814 pages
...chilled by it, you are slipping into the grasp of satire. If instead of falling foul of the ridiculous person with a satiric rod, to make him writhe and...indeed anything has hurt him, you are an engine of Irony. If you laugh all round him, tumble him, roll him about, deal him a smack, and drop a tear on... | |
 | George Meredith - Comedy - 1897 - 110 pages
...chilled by it, you are slipping into the grasp of Satire. If instead of falling foul of the ridiculous person with a satiric rod, to make him writhe and...indeed anything has hurt him, you are an engine of Irony. If you laugh all round him, tumble him, roll him about, deal him a smack, and drop a tear on... | |
 | George Meredith - Comedy - 1897 - 120 pages
...instead of falling foul of the ridiculous person with a satiric rod, to make him writhe and shriek aloudj you prefer to sting him under a semi-caress, by which he shall in his ajiguish be rendered dubious whether indeed anything has hurt him, you are an engine of Irony. jff... | |
 | Arthur Bingham Walkley - Drama - 1899 - 304 pages
...Mr. George Meredith has established the distinction. " If, instead of falling foul of the ridiculous person with a satiric rod, to make him writhe and...indeed anything has hurt him, you are an engine of Irony." But " if you laugh all round him, tumble him, roll him about, deal him a smack, and drop a... | |
 | Gertrude Buck, Elisabeth Woodbridge Morris - English language - 1899 - 312 pages
...chilled by it, you are slipping into the grasp of Satire. " If, instead of falling foul of the ridiculous person with a satiric rod to make him writhe and shriek...dubious whether indeed anything has hurt him, you are the engine of Irony. " If you laugh all round him, tumble him, roll him about, deal him a smack and... | |
 | George Somes Layard - Art - 1907 - 346 pages
...Meredith's distinction between Irony and Humour. " If," says he, " instead of falling foul of the ridiculous person with a satiric rod, to make him writhe and...indeed anything has hurt him, you are an engine of 1 The curious should refer to a delightful open Letter entitled Trilby from Mr. Whistler's pen, which... | |
 | George Somes Layard - Art - 1907 - 342 pages
...Meredith's distinction between Irony and Humour. " If," says he, " instead of falling foul of the ridiculous person with a satiric rod, to make him writhe and...indeed anything has hurt him, you are an engine of 1 The curious should refer to a delightful open Letter entitled Trilby from Mr. Whistler's pen, which... | |
 | Oliver Elton - English literature - 1907 - 380 pages
...comedy than farce. Even irony is only part of its essence. If instead of falling foul of the ridiculous person with a satiric rod, to make him writhe and...semi-caress, by which he shall in his anguish be rendered doubtful whether indeed anything has hurt him, you are an engine of Irony. In the view of Mr. Meredith... | |
 | Richard Curle - 1908 - 332 pages
...chilled by it, you are slipping into the grasp of satire. If instead of falling foul of the ridiculous person with a satiric rod, to make him writhe and...indeed anything has hurt him, you are an engine of Irony. If you laugh all round him, tumble him, roll him about, deal him a smack, and drop a tear on... | |
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