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... Raillery should be a defence for Good and Virtuous Works , and should only intend the derision of extravagant , and the disgrace of vile and dishonourable things . This kind of Wit ought to have the nature of Salt , to which it is ...
... Raillery should be a defence for Good and Virtuous Works , and should only intend the derision of extravagant , and the disgrace of vile and dishonourable things . This kind of Wit ought to have the nature of Salt , to which it is ...
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... Raillery is taken away : For against serious Extravagances and splenetick Humours there is no other Remedy than this " ( sect . ii ) . In " An Essay on the Freedom of Wit and Humour " ( 1709 ) Shaftesbury was more concerned with the ac ...
... Raillery is taken away : For against serious Extravagances and splenetick Humours there is no other Remedy than this " ( sect . ii ) . In " An Essay on the Freedom of Wit and Humour " ( 1709 ) Shaftesbury was more concerned with the ac ...
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... Raillery by Raillery itself . " 58 Wit is ridicule is raillery , and vice versa.59 If wit , then , is an expression of truth and also a test of truth , how was truth examined by the men of wit ? There were many methods , as many almost ...
... Raillery by Raillery itself . " 58 Wit is ridicule is raillery , and vice versa.59 If wit , then , is an expression of truth and also a test of truth , how was truth examined by the men of wit ? There were many methods , as many almost ...
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