 | Harriet Martineau - 1866 - 690 pagina’s
...objects of satire are usually as legitimate as its satire is pungent and well-tempered. It is something that the grave English have a droll periodical to...week ; and it is something more that the laugh is not at the expense of wisdom. In the solemn and immortal labors of the laboratory and the observatory we... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1878 - 568 pagina’s
...objects of satire are usually as legitimate as its satire is pungent and well-tempered. It is something that the grave English have a droll periodical to...week; and it is something more that the laugh is not at the expense of wisdom. In the solemn and immortal labours of the laboratory and the observatory... | |
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... kingdom to which Punch's criticisms have not penetrated. The work has been very useful, as well as abundantly amusing ; it has had its faults and follies, and has dropped some of them; and now, its objects of satire are usually as legitimate as its... 