Wit and HumorLeigh Hunt Wiley & Putnam, 1846 - 261 pagina's |
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Pagina 13
... falls and risings of waters , with shady coverts , and flowery arbors , was approved by seven of the founders . There were as many of our sex who took the liberty to visit their mansions of intended severity ; among others , a famous ...
... falls and risings of waters , with shady coverts , and flowery arbors , was approved by seven of the founders . There were as many of our sex who took the liberty to visit their mansions of intended severity ; among others , a famous ...
Pagina 16
... fall . Under th ' unruly beast's proud feet he lies , All torn ; but yet with generous ardor cries , " Behold me , gods ! and thou , base world , laugh on , For thus I fall , and thus fell Phaëton . on . But this species of wit is too ...
... fall . Under th ' unruly beast's proud feet he lies , All torn ; but yet with generous ardor cries , " Behold me , gods ! and thou , base world , laugh on , For thus I fall , and thus fell Phaëton . on . But this species of wit is too ...
Pagina 45
... fall into contempt on account of his poverty ? But substitute for him an average , ordinary , un- interesting minister ; obese , dumpy ; neither ill natured nor good natured ; neither learned nor ignorant ; striding over the stiles to ...
... fall into contempt on account of his poverty ? But substitute for him an average , ordinary , un- interesting minister ; obese , dumpy ; neither ill natured nor good natured ; neither learned nor ignorant ; striding over the stiles to ...
Pagina 93
... fall the book ; And , as he stoop'd again to take it up , The mad - brained bridegroom took him such a cuff , That down fell priest and book , and book and priest : " Now take them up , " quoth he , " if any list . " Tra . What said the ...
... fall the book ; And , as he stoop'd again to take it up , The mad - brained bridegroom took him such a cuff , That down fell priest and book , and book and priest : " Now take them up , " quoth he , " if any list . " Tra . What said the ...
Pagina 97
... fall ? [ Servant lets the ewer fall . [ Strikes him . Kath . Patience , I pray you ; ' twas a fault unwilling . Pet . A beetle - headed , flat - ear'd knave ! Come , Kate , sit down ; know you have a stomach . Will you give thanks ...
... fall ? [ Servant lets the ewer fall . [ Strikes him . Kath . Patience , I pray you ; ' twas a fault unwilling . Pet . A beetle - headed , flat - ear'd knave ! Come , Kate , sit down ; know you have a stomach . Will you give thanks ...
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Pagina 251 - Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining; Though equal to all things, for all things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit : For a patriot, too cool ; for a drudge, disobedient ; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, Sir, To eat mutton cold, and...
Pagina 218 - 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, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise...
Pagina 181 - Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of Errant Saints, whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant...
Pagina 90 - And that it was great pity, so it was, That villanous salt-petre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy 'd So cowardly ; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier.
Pagina 89 - He call'd them untaught knaves, unmannerly, To bring a slovenly, unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility.
Pagina 208 - The rest the winds dispers'd in empty air. But now secure the painted vessel glides, The sun-beams trembling on the floating tides : While melting music steals upon the sky, And soften'd sounds along the waters die : •Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play, Belinda smil'd, and all the world was gay.
Pagina 193 - And seems design'd for thoughtless majesty: Thoughtless as monarch oaks, that shade the plain, And, spread in solemn state, supinely reign. Heywood and Shirley were but types of thee, Thou last great prophet of tautology...
Pagina 4 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Pagina 160 - Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale?
Pagina 211 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At every word a reputation dies.