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Examples
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Bathos is not irony, though Franken and Stewart and Colbert seem unaware of this.
Cheap Laughs 2009
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Bathos is not irony, though Franken and Stewart and Colbert seem unaware of this.
Cheap Laughs 2009
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"Bathos", drew down upon the authors a torrent of abuse from every quill-driver and poetaster who had been in reality attacked or fancied himself ridiculed.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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It cannot, however, be concealed that, by his own confession, he was the aggressor, for nobody believes that the letters in the "Bathos" were placed at random; and at may be discovered that, when he thinks himself concealed, he indulges the common vanity of common men, and triumphs in those distinctions which he affected to despise.
Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Johnson, Samuel 1891
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It is needless to quote instances concerning this phase of "Bathos:" they abound in every occidental translation of every Oriental work, especially the
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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[ 'MS. L.' (b).]] [Sub-Footnote A: I have been obliged to dive into the "Bathos" for the simile, as I could not find a description of these Painters 'merits above ground.
Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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It cannot, however, be concealed that, by his own confession, he was the aggressor, for nobody believes that the letters in the "Bathos" were placed at random; and at may be discovered that, when he thinks himself concealed, he indulges the common vanity of common men, and triumphs in those distinctions which he affected to despise.
Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson 1746
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Twitter Bathos: When 140 characters are just too many!
Archive 2009-04-01 David 2009
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Webometric Thoughts: Twitter Bathos: When 140 characters are just too many!
Twitter Bathos: When 140 characters are just too many! David 2009
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Twitter Bathos: When 140 characters are just too many!
Twitter Bathos: When 140 characters are just too many! David 2009
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