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* fe $# er than a sentiment of the wildered prince . The repartee 6 ^ ms mbrf of tl | fe character of the utterer than the kentMiiX , ^ nd ^ e 6 less % ^ e ^ rat | 6 h :. " " . ; " : ; : ; " : \ . '" '"' * '' — - ^* " Itis'ltuiS that . puh §' and witticisms , quips aiid cranks , dancfe over the world likfe imps as they are , aftd ' c ^ fti ^^ ' go as sjfit * their proper c&prjces ; iare Welcome whenever t&ey S * K > W \ he ^ h ^ a of their twisted'face ^ anft ' the gleam df theif « pint F eyne . * ' ' " ; - ^ ' . ' - ' - r - v " - ¦ -- - ^ • ' ^ -. r
These fugitives I propose to waylay , entirap , siifrdund , enclose in a crowded pen , a-iidj , taking itietot oiit , bnfe bf btie by thWiV Wiiigs , ( jiiestion them before 16 eridt ^^^| aiW flaring , of their nartu ? s and genealogy , ^ their early l ^ nts , ofigih ; and tfceii " hgLbit ^ tts and habitude s from their yotith up ^ wafds . The cOhv 0 rs ? Lti ( m wilt be dry compared to that Which they h jvfe been ysed to , but ' endure ^ it they tbust ; arid in order tp guar ^ myself for the performiancie of a serious duty , against the temptations and wiles , and provocations and challenges , to uphold the uriyoke (| . humour of their idleness , I enter into a prielfmin 0 . ry compact with my readers that , throughout this dissertatatioh upon p uiis , bulls , blunders and witficisnis , I ^ Ul inttbh duce as'Tittle beyond' sheer dry science as the necessity fojr some exatnples will admit . The eff ect of the ludicrous takes pjace . according to Akenside , by the excitemen t of a *• ^ ay surprise ; ** the p oet is here a philosopher ( wh ' ajttrue poet is riot ?) , and t ^ erelation he expresses renders $ 6 me notice of the ^ i oi pler ^ phenortiena of siVpHsea necbS-* ity jprelijninary td the analysis 6 iF ' the more iritridate compllcfltiofts into ' which they ehter to produce the ludicrous . Thp c ^ ses of sudden interruption by wfejich the emotion 6 f surprise is produced , are tliese : ~ 1 ; Of a jsensatibh by a sensation . 2 . Of ^ h ide a hy a sensation . 3 . Of a sensattiori byan irfea . A % quent example of this case is the mistake of an idea for a sensation , aa in optical deceptions ; and 6 f the other se 6 ses itt the unaccountable intrusion of thoughts , " Whit tfiisjijes& had they there at siich a time ? ' 4 : Of an idea by fetioth ^ r idea ; whether suddenl y starting up m our oivri'mind ; of su ^ - ge ^ ted by pother , or received froin th ^ page bf the histo ^ iaW ; p hirbsoph ^ r or poet . The degree 6 f surpH ^ e developed by an inlerriiptjion varies in correspondeiice wjiih the strength ^ of ttie subverted bfelief ^ the Vmk ^ h association : arid as W ^ SeWUfe \ ybich an organ acconiplishfcs a' trahs ' itipji from' ^ n ^ stke su ^ < 3 pjy to another is 4 mpr 6 vedaM " perfi 84 te ^ * # % k fap idily and Certainty < witti WHicfe one idea siic <^ e ^ ariot ^ r / nicrea ^ eB by repetition : the Uaiisition V no lortg ^ t e ^ cijtieiH-w 1 ^ ^ mef ' ; ; - ; •;• ! ' tSi ^> -. > ^/ - ^ v- , ¦ Wfi a ^ npt » wfrpiM 6 d ? $ * the extraordin ^ y v ^ gariis Of i
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 1, 1837, page 339, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1832/page/21/
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