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  • La cause morale du ris de l'excellant & tres-nommé Democrite / expliquee & temognee par le divin Hippocras, an ses Epitres. Traduite de Grec an Fransais, par M. I. Guichard.

    • Hippocrates
    Date
    1579
    • Books
  • A laughing face. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

    • Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690
    Date
    1732
    Reference
    32637i
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  • The physiology of laughter.

    • Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
    Date
    1860
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  • Paul tells the people of Greece about the last judgement; some mock and others believe. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, 1679, after C. Ferri.

    • Ferri, Ciro, 1634-1689
    Date
    1679
    Reference
    24892i
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  • The philosophy of laughter and smiling / by George Vasey.

    • Vasey, George.
    Date
    1877
    • Books
  • The nature of laughter / [J. C Gregory].

    • Gregory, J. C
    Date
    1924
    • Books
  • A laughing face (left) and a face expressing acute pain (right). Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.

    • Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690
    Reference
    32372i
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  • A man dancing and laughing as a result of the effects of nitrous oxide gas. Engraving.

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    23223i
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  • Le rire : essai sur la signification du comique.

    • Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941
    Date
    1900
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  • Traité des causes physiques et morales du rire relativement à l'art de l'exciter / [L. Poinsinet de Sivry] [Anon].

    • Poinsinet de Sivry, Louis, 1733-1804
    Date
    1768
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