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" The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again... "
Kimball's Business Speller: Designed for Use in Commercial Schools ... - Page 70
by Gustavus Sylvester Kimball - 1905 - 141 pages
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures ..., Volume 18

1804 - 452 pages
...even by judicious minds, who are without imagination. He tells us, that the sublime and ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step below the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime....
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 2

Isaac Disraeli - 1807 - 606 pages
...judicious ones, who are destitute of imagination. He tells us that " the sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime...
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Dissertation on the first principles of government

Thomas Paine - 1819 - 758 pages
...lanthorn, and taken them out to shine as he might happen to want them. The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime...
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The Report of the Proceedings of the Court of King's Bench: In the Guildhall ...

Richard Carlile - 1822 - 242 pages
...lanthorn, and taken them out to shine as he might happen to want them. " The sublime and the ridiculons are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately, Ona step above the sublime makes the ridiculons, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime...
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The Theological Works of Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine - 1822 - 254 pages
...lanthorn, and taken them out to shine as he might happen to want them. The suhlime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step ahove the suhlime makes the ridiculous, and one step ahove the ridiculous makes the suhlime...
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Curiosities of literature. (Repr. of the 7th ed.).

Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 536 pages
...judicious ones, who are destitute of imagination. He tells us that " the sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime...
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The Age of Reason: In Two Parts

Thomas Paine - 1827 - 186 pages
...lan'J,orn, and taken them out to shine as he might happen to want them. The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above tha ridiculous makes the subli.ne...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 3

Isaac Disraeli - 1834 - 394 pages
...judicious ones, who are destitute of imagination. He tells us that " the sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime...
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The Christian's Defence: Containing a Fair Statement, and Impartial ...

James Smith - 1843 - 728 pages
...lantern, and taken them out to shine as he might happen to want them. The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime...
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Notes and Queries

1852 - 672 pages
...writings were translated into French as early as 1791, stands thus : — " The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately ; one step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime...
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