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Edinburgh Journal, No. 438, by Various
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Title: Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 438 Volume 17, New Series, May 22, 1852
Author: Various
Editor: Robert Chambers William Chambers
Release Date: July 17, 2006 [EBook #18853]
Language: English
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CHAMBERS' EDINBURGH JOURNAL
CONDUCTED BY WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS, EDITORS OF 'CHAMBERS'S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE,' 'CHAMBERS'S EDUCATIONAL COURSE,' &c.
No. 438. NEW SERIES. SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1852. PRICE 1-1/2d.
PHILOSOPHY OF LAUGHTER.
From the time of King Solomon downwards, laughter has been the subject of pretty general abuse. Even the laughers themselves sometimes vituperate the cachinnation they indulge in, and many of them
----'laugh in such a sort, As if they mocked themselves, and scorned the spirit That could be moved to laugh at anything.'
The general notion is, that laughter is childish, and unworthy the gravity of adult life. Grown men, we say, have more to do than to laugh; and the wiser sort of them leave such an unseemly contortion of the muscles to babes and blockheads.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 438
by Various Authors