Macnish, Robert, 1802-1837 · Glasgow, John Symington & Co.; Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd; London, Whittaker & Co. · leaf 122
dgment even, if you do not admirethis absurd and ridiculous stuflF, when, if one of your relations -wer^ towrite a letter in the same strain, you would send him to a mad-honse, andtake his estate. WIT. 115 20. WIT. Describe the situation of the organ of Wit. It lies in the anterior, superior, and… … What is the nature of the faculty? It may be described as that feeling which gives a tendencyto view things in a ludicrous light, and inspires the sense ofthe ridiculous. Combined with Destructiveness, it leads tosatire. In whom would you expect to find the organ large ? In gay, mirthful, and…
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