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Pagina 23
... appeared in 1542. Borde was borne about 1500 , and died in 1549. Among his best works may be named The Breviary of Health ( 1547 ) , The Compendious Regimen , or Dietary ( 1562 ) , and Merry Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham ( 1565 ) ...
... appeared in 1542. Borde was borne about 1500 , and died in 1549. Among his best works may be named The Breviary of Health ( 1547 ) , The Compendious Regimen , or Dietary ( 1562 ) , and Merry Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham ( 1565 ) ...
Pagina 26
... was the author of the piece , it is cer- tainly most humorous in strain and easy in style : Born 1515 , died 1580. His chief work appeared in 1557 . Back and side , go bare , go bare ! 26 CHAUCER TO SHAKESPEARE . 26.
... was the author of the piece , it is cer- tainly most humorous in strain and easy in style : Born 1515 , died 1580. His chief work appeared in 1557 . Back and side , go bare , go bare ! 26 CHAUCER TO SHAKESPEARE . 26.
Pagina 30
... , who says he was born beyond the cold river of " Tweed . ' He died in 1552 . † Lyndsay died in 1557 . " The Satire ' appeared in 1535 . is most forcible and effective in his morality called A 30 CHAUCER TO SHAKESPEARE .
... , who says he was born beyond the cold river of " Tweed . ' He died in 1552 . † Lyndsay died in 1557 . " The Satire ' appeared in 1535 . is most forcible and effective in his morality called A 30 CHAUCER TO SHAKESPEARE .
Pagina 52
... appearance of being forced - of being manufactured for the occasion . As a humourist , too , Ben Jonson was too fond of personifying types - of getting hold of an abstrac- tion , labelling it with some descriptive name , and then moving ...
... appearance of being forced - of being manufactured for the occasion . As a humourist , too , Ben Jonson was too fond of personifying types - of getting hold of an abstrac- tion , labelling it with some descriptive name , and then moving ...
Pagina 73
... and things ? death . They were published in 1687 , nearly thirty years after their author's These two works appeared respectively in 1615 and 1622 . un Let us turn rather to the merry Bishop Corbet FROM SHAKESPEARE TO DRYDEN . 73.
... and things ? death . They were published in 1687 , nearly thirty years after their author's These two works appeared respectively in 1615 and 1622 . un Let us turn rather to the merry Bishop Corbet FROM SHAKESPEARE TO DRYDEN . 73.
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Absalom and Achitophel admirable amusing Ballads Bards black crow Born burlesque Byron called character charming Chaucer clever comedy comic contemporaries courtier Cowper dance Devil died doth dramatists Dryden Dunciad English epigram example eyes fair famous fancy fool George Gascoigne give grace hand heart Henry Luttrell Hood Horace Horace Smith humourist John King lady laughed Leigh Hunt lines live look Lord Lord Lytton lover maid merry Mortimer Collins Muse ne'er never o'er once parody perhaps persiflage pieces play poem poet poetry poor Pope prose quoted R. H. Barham rhyme Rolliad satire satirist sigh sing smile song specimen style sweet tell thee There's things thou thought tone true Twas vein verse W. S. Gilbert whilst wit and humour witty and humorous writer written wrote young
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Pagina 314 - If seven maids with seven mops Swept it for half a year, Do you suppose,' the Walrus said, 'That they could get it clear?' 'I doubt it,' said the Carpenter, And shed a bitter tear.
Pagina 106 - twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.
Pagina 25 - I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old. Back and side go bare, go bare ; Both foot and hand go cold ; But, belly, God send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old.
Pagina 107 - Peace to all such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone. Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Pagina 87 - He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees ; He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination.
Pagina 88 - For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...
Pagina 41 - Say to the court, it glows, And shines like rotten wood; Say to the church, it shows What's good, and doth no good. If church and court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell potentates they live Acting by others' action; Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by a faction.
Pagina 132 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Pagina 107 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Pagina 125 - ... duodecimo phaeton, she desired me to write some verses on her ponies; upon which, I took out my pocketbook, and in one moment produced the following : " Sure never were seen two such beautiful ponies ; Other horses are clowns, but these macaronies : To give them this title I'm sure can't be wrong, Their legs are so slim, and their tails are so long.