The Optimist
The Optimist
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This free and enjoyable way of writing doubtless leads to tedium, but it is none the less characteristic of humorists, who by nature are apt to harp too constantly on one string. The zest of their works does not depend on the inddents narrated, but on the flavor of the whole composition, on the spirit it exhales, the ingenuity of the expressions, the knowledge of man and nature quaintly revealed, the vein of sentiment, the play of mirth — ^in a word, the humor it embodies. Such is the indefinab...le charm of Mackenzie in pathos, of Steele in glimpses of life, of Sydney Smith in wit^ and of Sterne in the combination of these elements. The latter has a characteristic defence of this cheerful quality — " Yorick had an invincible dislike and opposition in his nature to gravity — ^not to gravity as such, for when gravity was wanted, he would be the most grave or serious of mortal men for days and weeks together ; but he was an enemy to the affectation of it, and declared open war against it, only as it appeared a cloak for ignorance or for folly ; and then, whenever it fell in his way, however sheltered and protected, he seldom gave it much quarter." In the naked temper which a merry heart discovered, he would say there was no danger but to itself, whereas the very essence of gravity was design, and consequently deceit ; 'twas a taught trick to gain credit of the world for more sense and knowledge than a man was worth." Two traits of Hood's humor are thoroughly English, and in ft great degree original — the imaginary experiences ci creatures Digitized by Google HUMOB.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
This free and enjoyable way of writing doubtless leads to tedium, but it is none the less characteristic of humorists, who by nature are apt to harp too constantly on one string. The zest of their works does not depend on the inddents narrated, but on the flavor of the whole composition, on the spirit it exhales, the ingenuity of the expressions, the knowledge of man and nature quaintly revealed, the vein of sentiment, the play of mirth — ^in a word, the humor it embodies. Such is the indefinab...le charm of Mackenzie in pathos, of Steele in glimpses of life, of Sydney Smith in wit^ and of Sterne in the combination of these elements. The latter has a characteristic defence of this cheerful quality — " Yorick had an invincible dislike and opposition in his nature to gravity — ^not to gravity as such, for when gravity was wanted, he would be the most grave or serious of mortal men for days and weeks together ; but he was an enemy to the affectation of it, and declared open war against it, only as it appeared a cloak for ignorance or for folly ; and then, whenever it fell in his way, however sheltered and protected, he seldom gave it much quarter." In the naked temper which a merry heart discovered, he would say there was no danger but to itself, whereas the very essence of gravity was design, and consequently deceit ; 'twas a taught trick to gain credit of the world for more sense and knowledge than a man was worth." Two traits of Hood's humor are thoroughly English, and in ft great degree original — the imaginary experiences ci creatures Digitized by Google HUMOB.
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