Sentence examples for higher forms of humour from inspiring English sources

In the higher forms of humour, however, emphasis tends to yield to the opposite kind of virtue economy.

But in comic operas it is almost impossible to sort out how much of the comic effect is derived from the book and how much from the music; and the highest forms of musical humour, the unexpected delights of a lighthearted scherzo by Mozart, defy verbal analysis, unless it is so specialized and technical as to defeat its purpose.

It is a higher form of killing".

A higher form of life.

Only in a higher form of being.

This formula can be shown to have a general validity for all forms of humour and wit, some of which will be discussed below.

The Author's Farce is not a standard comedy; rather, it is a farce, and as such employs petty forms of humour like slapstick.

It is the highest form of morality".

Your highest form of expression.

But for Gary Hallock, they are a friendly and participatory form of humour.

Most puns strike one as atrocious, perhaps because they represent the most primitive form of humour; two disparate strings of thought tied together by an acoustic knot.