Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets; with an Illustrative Essay, and Critical CommentsSmith, Elder and Company, 1846 - 357 pagina's |
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Pagina 82
... at Alexandria when it was taken . He had many times been placed at the head of the table in Prussia ; had commanded oftener in Russia and Lithuania than any other man of his standing ; No Cristen man so ofte of his degre : In 82 CHAUCER .
... at Alexandria when it was taken . He had many times been placed at the head of the table in Prussia ; had commanded oftener in Russia and Lithuania than any other man of his standing ; No Cristen man so ofte of his degre : In 82 CHAUCER .
Pagina 129
... stand above a thousand comedies . The spirit of comedy is in it , with some- thing more . Several of Molière's comedies are farces ; and so are those of Aristophanes . People whose will and folly are generally in such equal portions as ...
... stand above a thousand comedies . The spirit of comedy is in it , with some- thing more . Several of Molière's comedies are farces ; and so are those of Aristophanes . People whose will and folly are generally in such equal portions as ...
Pagina 132
... stands where I am , and sees you there . Tra . But say , what : -To thine old news . Bion . Why , Petruchio is coming , in a new hat and an old jerkin ; a pair of old breeches , thrice turned ; a pair of boots that have been candle ...
... stands where I am , and sees you there . Tra . But say , what : -To thine old news . Bion . Why , Petruchio is coming , in a new hat and an old jerkin ; a pair of old breeches , thrice turned ; a pair of boots that have been candle ...
Pagina 137
... stands , touch her whoever dare ; I'll bring my action on the proudest he That stops my way in Padua . - Grumio , Draw forth thy weapon , we're beset with thieves ; Rescue thy mistress , if thou be a man : - Fear not , sweet wench ...
... stands , touch her whoever dare ; I'll bring my action on the proudest he That stops my way in Padua . - Grumio , Draw forth thy weapon , we're beset with thieves ; Rescue thy mistress , if thou be a man : - Fear not , sweet wench ...
Pagina 140
... she , poor soul , Knows not which way to stand , to look , to speak ; And sits as one new risen from a dream . Away , away ! for he is coming hither . [ Exeunt . Re - enter PETRUCHIO . Pet . Thus have I 140 SHAKSPEARE .
... she , poor soul , Knows not which way to stand , to look , to speak ; And sits as one new risen from a dream . Away , away ! for he is coming hither . [ Exeunt . Re - enter PETRUCHIO . Pet . Thus have I 140 SHAKSPEARE .
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Pagina 315 - 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, unemployed or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold,...
Pagina 270 - Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals ? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers...
Pagina 258 - The rest the winds dispers'd in empty air. But now secure the painted vessel glides, The sunbeams 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. All but the sylph — with careful thoughts opprest, Th' impending woe sat heavy on his breast.
Pagina 275 - His gardens next your admiration call, On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
Pagina 261 - Ah cease, rash youth ! desist ere 'tis too late, Fear the just gods, and think of Scylla's fate! Chang'd to a bird, and sent to flit in air, She dearly pays for Nisus' injur'd hair ! But when to mischief mortals bend their will, How soon they find fit instruments of ill ! Just then, Clarissa drew with tempting grace A...
Pagina 242 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Pagina 317 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick: He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back.
Pagina 5 - 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 317 - He cherish'd his friend, and he relish'da bumper ; Yet one fault he had, and that one was a thumper. Perhaps you may ask if the man was a miser? I answer, no, no, for he always was wiser : Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat?
Pagina 239 - Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.