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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viii. oldal
... gives it being . Sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; sometimes from a crafty wresting ... give authority to a reasonable supposition that the philosopher of Ferney had benefited by a perusal of Barrow's ...
... gives it being . Sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; sometimes from a crafty wresting ... give authority to a reasonable supposition that the philosopher of Ferney had benefited by a perusal of Barrow's ...
x. oldal
... give any tolerable account of the matter . " His selection of specimens is far from happy ; and his arbitrary classification of the " Forms of Wit " is , in many instances , sciolistic and absurd . Leigh Hunt affirms that Addison first ...
... give any tolerable account of the matter . " His selection of specimens is far from happy ; and his arbitrary classification of the " Forms of Wit " is , in many instances , sciolistic and absurd . Leigh Hunt affirms that Addison first ...
2. oldal
... Give to the melancholy man , A cup or two oft now and then , This physic will soon revive his blood , And make him be of a merrier mood . Then drink , & c . Give to the nymph that's free from scorn , No Irish stuff , nor Scotch over ...
... Give to the melancholy man , A cup or two oft now and then , This physic will soon revive his blood , And make him be of a merrier mood . Then drink , & c . Give to the nymph that's free from scorn , No Irish stuff , nor Scotch over ...
6. oldal
... give to my Jemima . And then they'd fife away like fun , And play on cornstalk fiddles ; And some had ribbons red as blood , All wound about their middles . The troopers , too , would gallop up , And fire right in our faces ; It scar'd ...
... give to my Jemima . And then they'd fife away like fun , And play on cornstalk fiddles ; And some had ribbons red as blood , All wound about their middles . The troopers , too , would gallop up , And fire right in our faces ; It scar'd ...
9. oldal
... give the Frenchmen battle . Among the property which they Had brought with them to save it , Were found two trumpets and a drum , Just as good luck would have it . Fifteen or twenty Jews - harps then Were found in good condition , And ...
... give the Frenchmen battle . Among the property which they Had brought with them to save it , Were found two trumpets and a drum , Just as good luck would have it . Fifteen or twenty Jews - harps then Were found in good condition , And ...
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