Reflexions upon ridicule; or, what it is that makes a man ridiculous, and the means to avoid it. Wherein are represented the different manners and characters of persons of the present age. In Two Volumes. ... . Of Unpoliteness. Of Indiscretion. Of Affectation. Of Foolish Vanity. Of the bad Taste. Of Imposture. Of the Morose Humour. Of Impertinence. Of Prejudice. Of Interest. Of Sufficiency. Of Absurdities. Of Caprice. Of False Delicacy. Of Decorum.

  • Bellegarde, M. l'abbé de (Jean Baptiste Morvan), 1648-1734.
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MDCCXXVII. [1727]
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Réflexions sur le ridicule. English

Publication/Creation

London : printed for D. Midwinter in St. Paul's Churchyard, J. Osborn and T. Longman in Pater-Noster-Row, and B. Motte at the Middle-Temple-Gate, Fleetstreet, MDCCXXVII. [1727]

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2v. ; 120.

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The fourth edition.

References note

ESTC T110128

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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