...that there is nothing truer than Shakespear 's Observation in his Love 's Labours lost, Л Jest 's Prosperity lies in the Ear Of him that hears it, never in the Tongue Of him that makes it.1 Thus we often hear one Gentleman expressing himself with a most exquisitely good, most inimitably...

...subjective determinants which may make the aim of arousing pleasure unattainable. As Shakespeare reminds us: A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Ofhim that makes it ... (Love's Labours Lost, V.ii. 869-71) Someone under the sway of a mood linked...

...that an audience's listening necessatily complements the actors oral art, that A jest's prospetity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it ... In the Phaedrus, Plato also makes Socrates say 'anyone who leaves behind him a wtirten manual,...

...hospital' (v. ii. 859) is intended to choke a gibing spirit, Whose influence is begot of that loose grace Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools. A jest's...hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it. (v. 11.846-51) As with love poetry, the problem is to communicate - in this case, to give delight -...

...ROSALINE Why, that's the way to choke a gibing spirit, Whose influence is begot of that loose grace Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools. A jest's...the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue 935 Of him that makes it. Then if sickly ears, Deafed with the clamors of their own dear groans, Will...

...wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward jlourishes, Be brief. [Hamlet II ii 90] Know your listeners A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it. [Love's Labour's Lost V ii 869] Speak with authority When he speaks the air, a chartered libertine,...

...:h and poor encounter different bundles of jokes and may hear very differei essages in a given joke. A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.141 oes the joke corpus tell us about the legal culture? o these stories give us a reliable reading...

...and poor encounter different bundles of jokes and may hear very different messages in a given joke. A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.141 Does the joke corpus tell us about the legal culture? Do these stories give us a reliable reading...

...Mirth cannot move a soul in agony. (855-57) That impossibility, it turns out, is precisely her point: A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it. (861-63) The structure of Rosaline's test corresponds quite closely to the circumstances of The Winter's...

...offering a word to cheer others is more important than enjoying the sound of one's own witty remarks A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it. Love's Labour's Lost demonstrates the emotional limitations of a culture in which men are encouraged,...