The Witty and Humorous of the English Poets: With Specimens Arranged in PeriodsLow, 1880 - 335 pagina's |
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Pagina 4
... light and worthless . ' He does not give a definition of humour , except in contrasting it with wit ; but it is obvious that he regards them both as the outcomes of an intellectual process . And to go back further for authority , what ...
... light and worthless . ' He does not give a definition of humour , except in contrasting it with wit ; but it is obvious that he regards them both as the outcomes of an intellectual process . And to go back further for authority , what ...
Pagina 3
... light apart from their ordinary prosaical one , but solely for the purpose of producing an effect from their com- bination . Humour , ' he remarks , ' is a tendency of the mind to run in particular directions of thought or feeling more ...
... light apart from their ordinary prosaical one , but solely for the purpose of producing an effect from their com- bination . Humour , ' he remarks , ' is a tendency of the mind to run in particular directions of thought or feeling more ...
Pagina 4
... light and worthless . ' He does not give a definition of humour , except in contrasting it with wit ; but it is obvious that he regards them both as the outcomes of an intellectual process . And to go back further for authority , what ...
... light and worthless . ' He does not give a definition of humour , except in contrasting it with wit ; but it is obvious that he regards them both as the outcomes of an intellectual process . And to go back further for authority , what ...
Pagina 13
... light , For certes you now make me heavy cheer . Me were as liefè laid upon a bier , For which unto your mercy thus I cry : Be heavy again , or else must I die . Now vouchsafe this day , or it be night , That I of you the blissful sound ...
... light , For certes you now make me heavy cheer . Me were as liefè laid upon a bier , For which unto your mercy thus I cry : Be heavy again , or else must I die . Now vouchsafe this day , or it be night , That I of you the blissful sound ...
Pagina 21
... light they throw on the manners and customs of his time . One of his most interest- ing performances is his First Book of the Introduction of Knowledge , from which the following passages are taken . First we have the Englishman ...
... light they throw on the manners and customs of his time . One of his most interest- ing performances is his First Book of the Introduction of Knowledge , from which the following passages are taken . First we have the Englishman ...
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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.