 ... Abundant in humour, observation, fancy ; in extensive knowledge of books and men ; in palpable hits of character, exquisite, grave, irony, and the most whimsical indulgence in point of epigram.  The Attaché: Or, Sam Slick in England - Strana 17autor/autoři: Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1844 - 122 str.Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Jane Hood - 1869 - 146 str.
...even Butler beats the Author of these Legends in the easy drollery of verse. We cannot open a page that is not sparkling with Its wit and humour, that...ringing with its strokes of pleasantry and satire." — Examiner. "The time for discussing the merits of Thomas Ingoldsby has long since past. His name... | |
 | 1867 - 532 str.
...8то. \f. calf gilt, 5г 6d 1858 " We caniot open a page of the book that is not sparkling with Ita wit and humour, that Is not ringing with Its strokes, of pleasantry, satire, Ac." — ЕХЛНГЯЕВ. , 537 ITALIAN DIALECTS— Balestrieri (D.) Opere, in theMilanene... | |
 | George Wrottesley - 1873 - 538 str.
...even Butler beats the author of these legends in the easy drollery of verse. We cannot open a page that is not sparkling with its wit and humour, that...ringing with its strokes of pleasantry and satire.'' — Examiner. THE ANNOTATED. A Library Edition, with a History of each Legend, and' other illustrative... | |
 | 1874 - 414 str.
...or Mirth and Marvels Illustrated. 13rno, cloth $2.25. half calf. 1869. $3.50. Calf extra. $4,50. " We cannot open a page of the book that is not sparkling...ringing with its strokes of pleasantry and satire." INGRAM'S MEMORIALS of OXFORD, HMTORIcal and Descriptive Accounts Of the Colleges, Halls, Churches,... | |
 | 1874 - 992 str.
...LEGENDS, or Mirth and Marvels Illustrated. 12mo, cloth $2.25. half calf. 1809. $:j.50. Calf extra $4.50. " We cannot open a page of the book that is not sparkling...is not ringing with Its strokes of pleasantry and satire.11 INGRAM'S MEMORIALS of OXFORD, HISTORIcal and Descriptive Accounts of the Colleges, Halls,... | |
 | Maria Theresa Longworth, Thérèse Yelverton (Viscountess Avonmore) - 1874 - 388 str.
...exquisite grave irony, and the most whimsical indulgence in point of epigram. We cannot open a page that is not sparkling with its wit and humour, that...ringing with its strokes of pleasantry and satire." — Examiner. THE ANNOTATED EDITION. A Library Edition, with a History of each Legend, and other Notes,... | |
 | Richard Mounteney Jephson - 1876 - 332 str.
...exquisite grave irony, and the most whimsical indulgence in point of epigram. We cannot open a page that is not sparkling with its wit and humour, that...is not ringing with its strokes of pleasantry and satire."—Examiner. THE ANNOTATED F.DITION. A Library Edition, with .1 History of each Legend, and... | |
 | Friedrich Spielhagen - 1877 - 456 str.
...exquisite grave irony, and the most whimsical indulgence in point of epigram. We cannot open a page that is not sparkling with its wit and humour, that...ringing with its strokes of pleasantry and satire." — Examiner. THE ANNOTATED EDITION. A Library Edition, with a History of each Legend, and other Notes,... | |
 | Charles Frederick Tyrwhitt Drake - 1877 - 392 str.
...exquisite grave irony, and the most whimsical indulgence in point of epigram. We cannot open a page that is not sparkling with its wit and humour, that...ringing with its strokes of pleasantry and satire.' — EXAMINER. THE ANNOTATED EDITION. A Library Edition, with a History of each Legend, and other Notes,... | |
 | Thomas Adolphus Trollope - 1877 - 400 str.
...exquisite grave irony, and the most whimsical indulgence in point of epigram. We cannot open a page that is not sparkling with its wit and humour, that...ringing with its strokes of pleasantry and satire.' — EXAMINER. THE ANNOTATED EDITION. A Library Edition, with a History of each legend, and other Notes,... | |
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