The Pursuits of Leisure & Other EssaysBooks for Libraries Press, 1968 - 162 Seiten |
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... minds at the moment ; of teasing the question , the mind of the author , one's own mind , this way and that —until we feel that we have at last arrived at a conclu- sion about something . Then , with the confidence thus gained , you can ...
... minds at the moment ; of teasing the question , the mind of the author , one's own mind , this way and that —until we feel that we have at last arrived at a conclu- sion about something . Then , with the confidence thus gained , you can ...
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... mind lays on the expect- ation of a given order of events following one another with a certain regularity and weight of interest ; whereas the ludicrous or comic is the unexpected loosening of this tension , taking the mind unawares and ...
... mind lays on the expect- ation of a given order of events following one another with a certain regularity and weight of interest ; whereas the ludicrous or comic is the unexpected loosening of this tension , taking the mind unawares and ...
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... mind or of society which exists and is recognised ; otherwise the contrast between what is expected and what is unexpected is lacking , and the joke or the humour is worthily de- scribed as far - fetched . ' It should , therefore , be ...
... mind or of society which exists and is recognised ; otherwise the contrast between what is expected and what is unexpected is lacking , and the joke or the humour is worthily de- scribed as far - fetched . ' It should , therefore , be ...
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Foreword page | 1 |
Books and Their Uses | 15 |
Memoirs and Biographies | 41 |
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