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humor
humor according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined human health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was achieved through a balance of... Read more |
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Carl Spitzweg
Carl Spitzweg , 1808-85, German genre painter and draftsman. Self-taught, he depicted the daily life of his native Munich in small, charming pictures in which realism, fancy, and humor are happily combined. Characteristic are The Poor Poet, Two Hermits, and Scholar in the Attic. He contributed... Read more |
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Jimmy Stewart
Jimmy Stewart (James Maitland Stewart), 1908-97, American actor, b. Indiana, Pa. He began his film career in 1935 and soon gained popularity for his lanky good looks, slow drawl and shy, homespun charm, evident in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). In later years, he brought these qualities to... Read more |
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David Allan Coe
Coe, David Allan Songwriter, singer Country performer David Allan Coe is "a bold and inventive artist," according to Alanna Nash of Stereo Review. Yet it is debatable whether he has had greater success as a singer or in writing songs for other country stars. Tanya Tucker's "Would You Lay with Me"... Read more |
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Lyle Lovett
Lyle Lovett Singer, songwriter, guitarist For the Record… Selected discography Sources In 1988 a Rolling Stone reporter called Lyle Lovett “the best thing to come out of the country scene in years.” Lovett combines the sounds of his native Texas with blues and folk to create a... Read more |
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William King (poet)
William King 1663-1712, English poet. He supported the Tory and High Church party. He is noted for his humorous and satirical writings, which include Dialogues of the Dead (attacks against Richard Bentley, pub. 1699) and Miscellanies in Prose and Verse (1709).... Read more |
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Franz von Defregger
Franz von Defregger , 1835-1921, Austrian genre and historical painter. He studied in Munich with Piloty. He is known for his popular pictures of Tyrolean life, which depend largely for their interest on their fine characterization and humor. Good examples are The Last Summons and Zither Player ... Read more |
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William Wymark Jacobs
William Wymark Jacobs 1863-1943, English author. His humorous sea stories were first collected in Many Cargoes (1896). Of his several horror stories, the most famous is "The Monkey's Paw."... Read more |
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Edward Noyes Westcott
Edward Noyes Westcott 1846-98, American novelist and banker, b. Syracuse, N.Y. He is known for his popular novel, David Harum (pub. posthumously, 1898), which concerns a shrewd, humorous country banker.... Read more |
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Laughter
238. Laughter See also 213. HUMOR . Abderian relating to foolish or excessive laughter. [Allusion to Democritus, the laughing philosopher, born in Abdero.] cachinnation raucous laughter; loud whinnying. geloscopy, gelotoscopy a form of divination that determines a person |
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