Wit and HumorLamport & Company, 1846 - 261 pagini |
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Pagina 29
... half of a hashed leg of mutton . Org . Poor soul ! Dor . My mistress didn't shut her eyes all night . The fever hindered her from getting a wink of sleep ; so that we were obliged to watch by her till morning . Org . And Tartuffe ? Dor ...
... half of a hashed leg of mutton . Org . Poor soul ! Dor . My mistress didn't shut her eyes all night . The fever hindered her from getting a wink of sleep ; so that we were obliged to watch by her till morning . Org . And Tartuffe ? Dor ...
Pagina 30
... Half - Jargon Burdens of Songs , and even Nonsense Verses . This is a wide range , and is intended to include every- thing in Barrow's account of Wit , which is omitted in the fore- going sections . The reader will have observed that we ...
... Half - Jargon Burdens of Songs , and even Nonsense Verses . This is a wide range , and is intended to include every- thing in Barrow's account of Wit , which is omitted in the fore- going sections . The reader will have observed that we ...
Pagina 42
... Half the humor in the world may be said to be owing to this fertile source of the ridiculous ; perhaps , in a high and pathetic sense , all of it , saving one exquisite class , in which by most people it is most thought to abound ...
... Half the humor in the world may be said to be owing to this fertile source of the ridiculous ; perhaps , in a high and pathetic sense , all of it , saving one exquisite class , in which by most people it is most thought to abound ...
Pagina 44
... half of his life miserable , from the utter inability to determine whether it was a bird or a beast . Add to this a parrot , with the eyes of a sea - gull ; a skate , with the head of a shark ; and a bird of such monstrous * Marvel . In ...
... half of his life miserable , from the utter inability to determine whether it was a bird or a beast . Add to this a parrot , with the eyes of a sea - gull ; a skate , with the head of a shark ; and a bird of such monstrous * Marvel . In ...
Pagina 48
... half - moons , and such trumpery , to be the proprietor of Namur , and of all the towns in Flanders with it . " ( Tristram's father , who afterwards apologizes for this sally of impatience , was not aware that the occupation of his ...
... half - moons , and such trumpery , to be the proprietor of Namur , and of all the towns in Flanders with it . " ( Tristram's father , who afterwards apologizes for this sally of impatience , was not aware that the occupation of his ...
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Pagina 249 - 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 216 - 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 106 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love, fair looks, and true obedience; Too little payment for so great a debt.
Pagina 209 - 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.
Pagina 179 - Twas Presbyterian true blue, 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 250 - 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 178 - twixt south and south-west side ; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute 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 206 - 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 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 206 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.