Wit and HumorLamport & Company, 1846 - 261 oldal |
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3. oldal
... he has intimated , that had the writer followed them up with illustrations , and so have been tempted to endeavor at completing the subject , one almost fancies he might have done so . But he was truly ON WIT AND HUMOR . 3.
... he has intimated , that had the writer followed them up with illustrations , and so have been tempted to endeavor at completing the subject , one almost fancies he might have done so . But he was truly ON WIT AND HUMOR . 3.
8. oldal
... writer , and not as the power of treating it , derives its name from the prevailing quality of moisture in the bodily temperament ; and is a tendency of the mind to run in particular directions of thought or feeling more amusing than ...
... writer , and not as the power of treating it , derives its name from the prevailing quality of moisture in the bodily temperament ; and is a tendency of the mind to run in particular directions of thought or feeling more amusing than ...
14. oldal
... than this , or at least more startling ; for the surprise in Swift may be said to be constant . It is when the writer gives a comic turn to an appa- rently grave passage . It is a favorite with the 14 AN ILLUSTRATIVE ESSAY.
... than this , or at least more startling ; for the surprise in Swift may be said to be constant . It is when the writer gives a comic turn to an appa- rently grave passage . It is a favorite with the 14 AN ILLUSTRATIVE ESSAY.
15. oldal
... writer who has equalled their satirists in wit , and surpassed them in poetry . I need not say that I allude to the author of Don Juan . I will usher in a sam- ple or two from that work by a well - known passage from Tasso- ni , the ...
... writer who has equalled their satirists in wit , and surpassed them in poetry . I need not say that I allude to the author of Don Juan . I will usher in a sam- ple or two from that work by a well - known passage from Tasso- ni , the ...
17. oldal
... write a great deal of mock - heroic without knowing it , that one of its secrets consists in an applica- tion of old metaphors , inversions , and other conventional and an- cient forms of speech to modern languages . Much wit in prose ...
... write a great deal of mock - heroic without knowing it , that one of its secrets consists in an applica- tion of old metaphors , inversions , and other conventional and an- cient forms of speech to modern languages . Much wit in prose ...
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249. oldal - 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...
216. oldal - 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...
106. oldal - 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.
209. oldal - 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.
179. oldal - 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...
250. oldal - 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.
178. oldal - 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.
206. oldal - 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.
4. oldal - 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...
206. oldal - 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.