2015, ISBN: 9781331615514

Excerpt from Toaster´s Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and Quotations ´´Man,´´ says Hazlitt, ´´is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the differ… mais…

Excerpt from Toaster´s Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and Quotations ´´Man,´´ says Hazlitt, ´´is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.´´ The sources, then, of laughter and tears come very close together. At the difference between things as they are and as they ought to be we laugh, or we weep; it would depend, it seems, on the point of view, or the temperament. And if, as Horace Walpole once said, ´´Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel,´´ it is the thinking half of humanity that, at the sight of life´s incongruities, is moved to laughter, the feeling half to tears. A sense of humor, then, is the possession of the thinking half, and the humorists must be classified at once with the thinkers. If one were asked to go further than this and to give offhand a definition of humor, or of that elusive quality, a sense of humor, he might find himself confronted with a difficulty. Yet certain things about it would be patent at the outset: Women haven´t it; Englishmen haven´t it; it is the chief est of the virtues, for tho a man speak with the tongues of men and of angels, if he have not humor we will have none of him. Women may continue to laugh over those innocent and innocuous incidents which they find amusing; may continue to write the most delightful of stories and essays - consider Jane Austen and our own Miss Repplier - over which appreciative readers may continue to chuckle; Englishmen may continue, as in the past to produce the most exquisite of the world´s humorous literature - think of Charles Lamb - yet the fundamental faith of mankind will remain unshaken: women have no sense of humor, and an Englishman cannot see a joke! And the ability to ´´see a joke´´ is the infallible American test of the sense of humor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Jokes, Stories, and Quotations (Classic Reprint) Bücher > Fremdsprachige Bücher > Englische Bücher > Kinder- & Jugendbücher Taschenbuch 17.07.2015 Buch (fremdspr.), Forgotten Books, .201<

ISBN: 9781331615514

Jokes, Stories, and Quotations (Classic Reprint) Excerpt from Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and Quotations "Man," says Hazlitt, "is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is … mais…

Jokes, Stories, and Quotations (Classic Reprint) Excerpt from Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and Quotations "Man," says Hazlitt, "is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be." The sources, then, of laughter and tears come very close together. At the difference between things as they are and as they ought to be we laugh, or we weep; it would depend, it seems, on the point of view, or the temperament. And if, as Horace Walpole once said, "Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel," it is the thinking half of humanity that, at the sight of life's incongruities, is moved to laughter, the feeling half to tears. A sense of humor, then, is the possession of the thinking half, and the humorists must be classified at once with the thinkers. If one were asked to go further than this and to give offhand a definition of humor, or of that elusive quality, a sense of humor, he might find himself confronted with a difficulty. Yet certain things about it would be patent at the outset: Women haven't it; Englishmen haven't it; it is the chief est of the virtues, for tho a man speak with the tongues of men and of angels, if he have not humor we will have none of him. Women may continue to laugh over those innocent and innocuous incidents which they find amusing; may continue to write the most delightful of stories and essays - consider Jane Austen and our own Miss Repplier - over which appreciative readers may continue to chuckle; Englishmen may continue, as in the past to produce the most exquisite of the world's humorous literature - think of Charles Lamb - yet the fundamental faith of mankind will remain unshaken: women have no sense of humor, and an Englishman cannot see a joke! And the ability to "see a joke" is the infallible American test of the sense of humor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Bücher / Fremdsprachige Bücher / Englische Bücher / Kinder- & Jugendbücher 978-1-331-61551-4, Forgotten Books<

ISBN: 9781331615514

Paperback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and Quotations Let the frightened toaster turn first to the key word Of his topic in this dictionary alp… mais…

Paperback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and Quotations Let the frightened toaster turn first to the key word Of his topic in this dictionary alphabet of selections and perchance he may find toast, story, definition or verse that may felicitously introduce his remarks. Then as he proceeds to outline his talk and to put it into sentences, he may find under one Of the many subject headings a bit which will happily and scintillatingly drive home the ideas he is unfolding. While the larger part of the contents is humorous, there are inserted many quotations Of a serious nature which may serve as appropriate literary ballast. The jokes and quotes gathered for the toaster have been placed under the subject headings where it seemed that they might be most useful, even at the risk Of the joke turning on the compilers. To extend the usefulness of such pseudo-cataloging, cross references, similar and dissimilar to those Of a library card catalog, have been included. Should a large number of the inclusions look familiar, let us remark that the friends one likes best are those who have been already tried and trusted and are the most welcome in times Of need. However, there are stories Of a rising generation, whose acquaintance all may enjoy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works., Fiction<

2018, ISBN: 1331615518

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2008, ISBN: 9781331615514

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