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Alfred Guy Kingan L'estrange History Of English Humour

Vol I Part I

History
English
65820 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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Few Of The Blessings We Enjoy Are Of Greater Value Than The Gift Of Humour. The Pleasure Attendant Upon It Attracts Us Together, Forms An Incentive, And Gives A Charm To Social Intercourse, And, Unlike The Concentrating Power Of Love, Scatters Bright Rays In Every Direction. That Humour Is Generally Associated With Enjoyment Might Be Concluded From The Fact That The Genial And Good-Natured Are Generally The Most Mirthful, And We All Have So Much Personal Experience Of The Gratification It Affords, That It Seems Superfluous To Adduce Any Proofs Upon The Subject. "Glad" Is From The Greek Word For Laughter, And The Word "Jocund" Comes From A Latin Term Signifying "Pleasant." But We Can Trace The Results Of This Connection In Our Daily Observation. How Comes It To Pass That Many A Man Who Is The Life And Soul Of Social Gatherings, And Keeps His Friends In Delighted Applause, Sits, When Alone In His Study, Grave And Sedate, And Seldom, If Ever, Smiles In Reading Or Meditation? Is It Not Because Humour Is A Source Of Pleasure? We Are Not Joyously Disposed When Alone, Whereas In Society We Are Ready To Give And Receive Whatever Is Bright And Cheering. The First Question Which Now Presents Itself Is What Is Laughter? And Our Answer Must Be That It Is A Change Of Countenance Accompanied By A Spasmodic Intermittent Sound--A Modification Of The Voice--But That We Cannot Trace Its Physical Origin Farther Than To Attribute It To Some Effect Produced Upon The Sympathetic Nerve, Or Rather The System Of Nerves Termed Respiratory. These Communicate With Every Organ Affected In Mirth, But The Ultimate Connection Between Mind And Body Is Hidden From Our View. [more]

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Alfred Guy Kingan L'estrange History Of English Humour

Vol I Part II

History
English
19652 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
1

Few Of The Blessings We Enjoy Are Of Greater Value Than The Gift Of Humour. The Pleasure Attendant Upon It Attracts Us Together, Forms An Incentive, And Gives A Charm To Social Intercourse, And, Unlike The Concentrating Power Of Love, Scatters Bright Rays In Every Direction. That Humour Is Generally Associated With Enjoyment Might Be Concluded From The Fact That The Genial And Good-Natured Are Generally The Most Mirthful, And We All Have So Much Personal Experience Of The Gratification It Affords, That It Seems Superfluous To Adduce Any Proofs Upon The Subject. "Glad" Is From The Greek Word For Laughter, And The Word "Jocund" Comes From A Latin Term Signifying "Pleasant." But We Can Trace The Results Of This Connection In Our Daily Observation. How Comes It To Pass That Many A Man Who Is The Life And Soul Of Social Gatherings, And Keeps His Friends In Delighted Applause, Sits, When Alone In His Study, Grave And Sedate, And Seldom, If Ever, Smiles In Reading Or Meditation? Is It Not Because Humour Is A Source Of Pleasure? We Are Not Joyously Disposed When Alone, Whereas In Society We Are Ready To Give And Receive Whatever Is Bright And Cheering. The First Question Which Now Presents Itself Is What Is Laughter? And Our Answer Must Be That It Is A Change Of Countenance Accompanied By A Spasmodic Intermittent Sound--A Modification Of The Voice--But That We Cannot Trace Its Physical Origin Farther Than To Attribute It To Some Effect Produced Upon The Sympathetic Nerve, Or Rather The System Of Nerves Termed Respiratory. These Communicate With Every Organ Affected In Mirth, But The Ultimate Connection Between Mind And Body Is Hidden From Our View. [more]

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Florence A. Kilpatrick Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel

Fiction
English
37840 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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If you ask Henry he will tell you that I cannot cook. In fact, he will tell you [more]

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Thomas Newbigging Lancashire Humour

Fiction
English
25429 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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Thomas Newbigging (30 September 1833 – 1914) was a Scottish historian, writer and engineer.Newbigging was born in 1833 [more]

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Lawrence J Burpee Humour of the North

Fiction
English
12078 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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Lawrence Johnstone Burpee, FRSC (March 5, 1873 – October 13, 1946) was a Canadian librarian, historian and author. Born [more]

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Dr. MacNamara School-Room Humour

Short Story
English
24442 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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Macnamara PC (23 August 1861 – 3 December 1931) was a British teacher, educationalist and Liberal politician.Macnamara was [more]

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Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange History of English Humour, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Fiction
English
89699 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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British humour is a somewhat general term applied to certain comedic motifs that are often prevalent in humour in the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth.[1] A strong theme of sarcasm and self-deprecation, often with deadpan delivery, runs throughout British humour.[2] Emotion is often buried under humour in a way that seems insensitive to other cultures.[3] Jokes are told about everything and almost no subject is taboo, though often a lack of subtlety when discussing controversial issues is considered crass.[4] Many UK comedy TV shows typical of British humour have been internationally popular, and have been an important channel for the export and representation of British culture to the international audience. [more]

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Frank Comiskey My Little Book of Humour

Humor
English
2 Words
No Age Recommendation
288
2

Over the years, Frank Comiskey was a regular contributor of prize-winning letters to RTÉ Radio One programs, [more]

Keywords: Irish, funny, peom, short stories

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Florence A. Kilpatrick Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel

Fiction
English
37984 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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Elizabeth is not a type; she is an individuality. Signs and omens at her birth no doubt determined her sense of the superstitious; but I trace her evolution as a figure of fun to some sketches of mine in the pages of Punch. These, however, were only impressions of Elizabeth on a small scale, but I acknowledge the use of them here in the process of developing her to full life-size. Elizabeth, as I say, is a personality apart; there is only one Elizabeth. Here she is. [more]

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Various . The World's Best Poetry, Volume IX: Of Tragedy: of Humour

Poetry
English
89011 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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Although hailed as queen of the arts and hedged about by a kind of divinity, Poetry seems to sit on an always tottering throne. In nearly every age known to human records, some one has chronicled his forebodings that the days of Poetry were numbered; and again the critic, or the Poet himself, has plucked up his courage and uttered a fairly hopeful defence. Yet even this hope has been absent from periods which now seem poetic in the highest degree. [more]

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