Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 oldal |
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18. oldal
... perhaps , may be given some reason of that common observa- tion , that men who have a great deal of wit and prompt memories , have not always the clearest judgment or deepest reason . For wit lying mostly in the assemblage of ideas ...
... perhaps , may be given some reason of that common observa- tion , that men who have a great deal of wit and prompt memories , have not always the clearest judgment or deepest reason . For wit lying mostly in the assemblage of ideas ...
22. oldal
... perhaps , what has been meant by the distinction between true and false wit . Mr. Addison , indeed , goes so far as to make it the exclu- sive test of true wit that it will bear translation into another lan- guage , that is to say ...
... perhaps , what has been meant by the distinction between true and false wit . Mr. Addison , indeed , goes so far as to make it the exclu- sive test of true wit that it will bear translation into another lan- guage , that is to say ...
71. oldal
... perhaps , to be wondered at , that arbitrary and worth- less monarchs like Charles II . should neglect those who pay court to them . The idol ( if it had sense ) would despise its wor- shippers . Indeed , Butler hardly merited anything ...
... perhaps , to be wondered at , that arbitrary and worth- less monarchs like Charles II . should neglect those who pay court to them . The idol ( if it had sense ) would despise its wor- shippers . Indeed , Butler hardly merited anything ...
73. oldal
... perhaps in any author whatever . He makes none but palpable hits , that may be said to give one's understanding a rap on the knuckles . He is , indeed , sometimes too prolific , and spins his antithetical sen- tences out , one after ...
... perhaps in any author whatever . He makes none but palpable hits , that may be said to give one's understanding a rap on the knuckles . He is , indeed , sometimes too prolific , and spins his antithetical sen- tences out , one after ...
79. oldal
... perhaps by his valet , and the other by her waiting - maid , ) but throws himself boldly , making a lover's leap of it , into the broad lap of public opinion , on which he falls like a feather - bed ; and which , like the great bed of ...
... perhaps by his valet , and the other by her waiting - maid , ) but throws himself boldly , making a lover's leap of it , into the broad lap of public opinion , on which he falls like a feather - bed ; and which , like the great bed of ...
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