The Cyclopaedia of Wit and Humor: Containing Choice and Characteristic Selections from the Writings of the Most Eminent Humorists of America, Ireland, Scotland, and England ...William Evans Burton D. Appleton, 1859 |
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xii. oldal
... better . It limps ashamed in the retinue of Humor - it knows it should have an establishment of its own . " The difference between Wit and Humor is , at best , an undefined distinc- tion . Addison's relation of their connexion has been ...
... better . It limps ashamed in the retinue of Humor - it knows it should have an establishment of its own . " The difference between Wit and Humor is , at best , an undefined distinc- tion . Addison's relation of their connexion has been ...
14. oldal
... better men will use . Take next the miser's contrast , who destroys Health , fame , and fortune in a round of joys . 1794 . Will any paper match him ? Yes , throughout . He's a true sinking paper , past all doubt . -- The retail ...
... better men will use . Take next the miser's contrast , who destroys Health , fame , and fortune in a round of joys . 1794 . Will any paper match him ? Yes , throughout . He's a true sinking paper , past all doubt . -- The retail ...
25. oldal
... better meat . For though your flesh may be deli- cate and tender , yet it wants that firmness and con- sistency which takes and retains salt . At any rate , it would not be fit for long sea voyages . You might make a good barbecue , it ...
... better meat . For though your flesh may be deli- cate and tender , yet it wants that firmness and con- sistency which takes and retains salt . At any rate , it would not be fit for long sea voyages . You might make a good barbecue , it ...
39. oldal
... BETTER WALK THAN RIDE . Spabined Sapphicks . BY HENRY C. KNIGHT . Lo ! how much grander for a human being , When he would journey , never to demean him- -Self with a horse or carriage , but to leg it Free from all cumbrance . Sure ...
... BETTER WALK THAN RIDE . Spabined Sapphicks . BY HENRY C. KNIGHT . Lo ! how much grander for a human being , When he would journey , never to demean him- -Self with a horse or carriage , but to leg it Free from all cumbrance . Sure ...
45. oldal
... better , he asks , can be done , Than drink water from eight until ten with the Flounces , And then wine with the Fleeces till one ! THE STOUT GENTLEMAN ; A STAGE - COACH ROMANCE . " " FROM BRACEBRIDGE Hall . " BY WASHINGTON IRVING ...
... better , he asks , can be done , Than drink water from eight until ten with the Flounces , And then wine with the Fleeces till one ! THE STOUT GENTLEMAN ; A STAGE - COACH ROMANCE . " " FROM BRACEBRIDGE Hall . " BY WASHINGTON IRVING ...
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