Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 oldal |
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14. oldal
... round the borders of the light and trifling , whether in matters of pleasure or pain ; for as soon as it describes the serious seriously , it ceases to be wit , and passes into a different form . Wit is , in fact , the eloquence of in ...
... round the borders of the light and trifling , whether in matters of pleasure or pain ; for as soon as it describes the serious seriously , it ceases to be wit , and passes into a different form . Wit is , in fact , the eloquence of in ...
15. oldal
... round the pole - star to a bear tied to a stake : - — " But now a sport more formidable Had raked together village rabble ; ' Twas an old way of recreating Which learned butchers call bear - baiting , A bold adventurous exercise With ...
... round the pole - star to a bear tied to a stake : - — " But now a sport more formidable Had raked together village rabble ; ' Twas an old way of recreating Which learned butchers call bear - baiting , A bold adventurous exercise With ...
67. oldal
... round . Fill up the bowl then , fill it high , Fill all the glasses there ; for why Should every creature drink but I ; Why , man of morals , tell me why ? " This is a classical intoxication ; and the poet's imagination , giddy with ...
... round . Fill up the bowl then , fill it high , Fill all the glasses there ; for why Should every creature drink but I ; Why , man of morals , tell me why ? " This is a classical intoxication ; and the poet's imagination , giddy with ...
76. oldal
... an owl that's in a barn , Sees a mouse creeping in the corn , Sits still and shuts his round blue eyes , As if he slept , " & c . And the description of the moon going down in the 25 [ LECTURE III . 76 ON COWLEY , BUTLER , ETC.
... an owl that's in a barn , Sees a mouse creeping in the corn , Sits still and shuts his round blue eyes , As if he slept , " & c . And the description of the moon going down in the 25 [ LECTURE III . 76 ON COWLEY , BUTLER , ETC.
80. oldal
... round ! how wit and folly , elegance and awkward imitation of it , set one another off ! Happy , thoughtless age , when king and nobles led purely ornamental lives ; when the utmost stretch of a morning's study went no farther than the ...
... round ! how wit and folly , elegance and awkward imitation of it , set one another off ! Happy , thoughtless age , when king and nobles led purely ornamental lives ; when the utmost stretch of a morning's study went no farther than the ...
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