The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 145Atlantic Monthly Company, 1930 - American essays |
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Page 332
... laughter ' and of ' hoots of joy . ' We say of one man that he laughs like a hyena ' and of another that he has a ' horse laugh . ' And , even if a man is guilty of nothing worse than that noiseless form of laugh- ter known as a smile ...
... laughter ' and of ' hoots of joy . ' We say of one man that he laughs like a hyena ' and of another that he has a ' horse laugh . ' And , even if a man is guilty of nothing worse than that noiseless form of laugh- ter known as a smile ...
Page 334
... laugh in the sentence : ' Inextinguishable laughter arose among the blessed gods , when they saw Hephaestus bustling about the mansion . ' And he expresses his dislike of laughter still more strongly in the same book when he makes ...
... laugh in the sentence : ' Inextinguishable laughter arose among the blessed gods , when they saw Hephaestus bustling about the mansion . ' And he expresses his dislike of laughter still more strongly in the same book when he makes ...
Page 335
... laughing , I must particularly warn you against it : and I could heartily wish that you may often be seen to smile , but never heard to laugh while you live . Frequent and loud laugh- ter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners ...
... laughing , I must particularly warn you against it : and I could heartily wish that you may often be seen to smile , but never heard to laugh while you live . Frequent and loud laugh- ter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners ...
Contents
The Issue Is Joined CHARLES C MARSHALL | 404 |
The Catholic Position HILAIRE BELLOC | 412 |
Giovanni Boccaccio JOSEPH WOOD KRUTCH | 490 |
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