Wit and HumorLamport & Company, 1846 - Počet stran: 261 |
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... fool in Lear are the sighs of knowledge . But as far as Wit and Humor affect us on their own accounts , or unmodified by graver considerations , laughter is their usual result and happy ratification . The nature of Wit , therefore , has ...
... fool in Lear are the sighs of knowledge . But as far as Wit and Humor affect us on their own accounts , or unmodified by graver considerations , laughter is their usual result and happy ratification . The nature of Wit , therefore , has ...
Strana 12
... fool- ish teeth . " Nothing of the kind can be better than this . It is painting the man at a blow , quick as the " flash ” of his own " ivories . " It reminds us of the maxim , that " brevity is the soul of wit ; " a questionable ...
... fool- ish teeth . " Nothing of the kind can be better than this . It is painting the man at a blow , quick as the " flash ” of his own " ivories . " It reminds us of the maxim , that " brevity is the soul of wit ; " a questionable ...
Strana 34
... fool , and sot . A great prose wit , Arbuthnot ( who , by the way , left some interesting serious verses on the subject of Self - Knowledge , which are to be found in the same Collection ) , tells a friend in a letter , that the ...
... fool , and sot . A great prose wit , Arbuthnot ( who , by the way , left some interesting serious verses on the subject of Self - Knowledge , which are to be found in the same Collection ) , tells a friend in a letter , that the ...
Strana 36
... fool's pun upon Archbishop Laud was a good one : - Great praise to God , and little Laud to the devil . Good Macaronic verses are laughable from the combination of the familiar and unfamiliar in the mixture of the two languages ...
... fool's pun upon Archbishop Laud was a good one : - Great praise to God , and little Laud to the devil . Good Macaronic verses are laughable from the combination of the familiar and unfamiliar in the mixture of the two languages ...
Strana 86
... fools of Shak- speare are among the wisest of men . They talk Æsop and Solomon in every jest . Yet they amuse as much as they in- struct us . The braggart Parolles , whose name signifies words , as though he spoke nothing else ...
... fools of Shak- speare are among the wisest of men . They talk Æsop and Solomon in every jest . Yet they amuse as much as they in- struct us . The braggart Parolles , whose name signifies words , as though he spoke nothing else ...
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Strana 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...
Strana 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...
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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...
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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...
Strana 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.