[Ads-l] Adage: There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous

[Laurence Horn]

> On Apr 16, 2015, at 5:58 AM, ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Garson O'Toole  wrote:
>>> le sublime ne doit point
>>> etre force quoi, il touche au ridicule, & par consequent se
>>> detruit.
> 
> Wilson Gray wrote
>> the sublime must not be forced, lest it brush against the ridiculous and,
>> consequently, be destroyed.
> 

Or, somewhat distinctly:

...and, as a consequence, destroy itself.

(The reflexive is used for both a passive, as in Wilson's version, and a true reflexive.)

LH
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