An Essay on Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spirit

George Meredith

_This Essay was first published in 'The New Quarterly Magazine' for April 1877_.

George Meredith

CHAPTER I Some years ago a book was published under the title of "The Pilgrim's Scrip."

George Meredith

* * * * * SURREY EDITION * * * * * LONDON THE TIMES BOOK CLUB ...

George Meredith

CHAPTER I. ACROSS LONDON BRIDGE A gentleman, noteworthy for a lively countenance and a waistcoat to match it, crossing London Bridge at noon on a gusty April day, was almost magically detached fro...

Washington Irving

A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky.

Ayn Rand

PART ONE It is a sin to write this.

Aristophanes

statement is made that it may be rejected.

William Strunk

This book aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style.