...second attempt to explore the Aristotelian darkness, in which his first essay was totally lost. If there is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, it is not even a step from the absurd to the ludicrous and amusing. The professional wit or joker is never...

...generally serves no other purpose than to exemplify the proverb, and to prove experimentally that " there is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous." It is remarkable that neither the fine ear of Fisher Ames, nor the taste of his dignified audience, were...

...generally serves no other purpose than to exemplify the proverb, and to prove experimentally that " there is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous." It is remarkable that neither the fine ear of Fisher Ames, nor the taste of his dignified audience, were...

...; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time playa many parts.' — S THERE is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, it is said,' Mr. Cadwallador remarked ; ' and I must take your minds from the very melancholy things you...

...generally serves no other purpose than to exemplify the proverb, and to prove experimentally that " there is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous." It is remarkable that neither the fine ear of Fisher Ames, nor the taste of his dignified audience, was offended...

...the 'grand manner' became what Scott, in another context, called the 'big bow-wow' style. If there is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, it is filled by the grotesque. Yet if heroic drama is grotesque, it is unfair to regard only its comic facet....

...single tones, melodies, or in whatever form the teacher chooses. In this, as in almost every thing connected with vocal training, " it is but a step...impossible to mistake the ring of the true metal. . PHRASING AND ACCENTUATION. It may, perhaps, be proper to say that music has a meaning separate from...