A Discourse Concerning Ridicule And Irony in Writing (1729)
A Discourse Concerning Ridicule And Irony in Writing (1729)
Collins Anthony
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IX. King _Charles_ the Second's Restoration brought along with it glorious_High-Church_ Times; which were distinguish'd as much by _laughing_ at_Dissenters_, as by persecuting them; which pass for a Pattern howDissenters are to be treated; and which will never be given up, by_High-Church-men_, as faulty, for ridiculing Dissenters. The King himself, who had very good natural Parts, and a Disposition tobanter and ridicule every Body, and especially the _Presbyterians_, whoseDiscipline he had felt... for his Lewdness and Irreligion in _Scotland_, hadin his _Exile_ an Education, and liv'd, among some of the greatest_Droles_ and _Wits_ that any Age ever produc'd; who could not but form himin that way, who was so well fitted by Temper for it. The Duke of_Buckingham_ was his constant Companion. And he had a [90] _greatLiveliness of Wit, and a peculiar Faculty of turning all things intoridicule_. He was Author of the _Rehearsal_; which, as a most noble Authorsays, is [91] _a justly admir'd Piece of comick Wit_, and _has furnish'dour best Wits in all their Controversies, even in Religion and Politicks, as well as in the Affairs of Wit and Learning, with the most effectual andentertaining Method of exposing Folly, Pedantry, false Reason, and illWriting_.
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