Paulding's Works: Salmagundi; or, The whim-whams and opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, esq. [pseud.] and others [by Washington Irving, William Irving and J.K. Paulding] A new ed., corrected by the authors. 1835Harper & brothers, 1835 |
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Strana 18 - While we continue to go on, we will go on merrily : — if we moralize, it shall be but seldom ; and, on all occasions, we shall be more solicitous to make our readers laugh than cry; for we are laughing philosophers, and clearly of opinion, that wisdom, true wisdom, is a plump, jolly dame, who sits in her armchair, laughs right merrily at the farce of life — and takes the world as it goes.
Strana 154 - In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow; Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen, about thee, There is no living with thee, nor without thee.