History of English Humour: With an Introduction Upon Ancient Humour, 2. kötetHurst and Blackett, 1878 - 712 oldal |
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3. oldal
... ridiculous , but rather that the authors thought to make their conceits more amusing , by comparing what was most insig- nificant with something of unsurpassable grandeur . The desire to gain influence from the prescriptive forms of ...
... ridiculous , but rather that the authors thought to make their conceits more amusing , by comparing what was most insig- nificant with something of unsurpassable grandeur . The desire to gain influence from the prescriptive forms of ...
32. oldal
... ridiculous , scandalous piece of vanity " —that it should only be worn in a religious sense , and with due respect , and is not more fitting to be used as an ornament than " a gibbet , which , worn about the neck , would make but a ...
... ridiculous , scandalous piece of vanity " —that it should only be worn in a religious sense , and with due respect , and is not more fitting to be used as an ornament than " a gibbet , which , worn about the neck , would make but a ...
50. oldal
... ridiculous light . They are repre- sented as most irrational creatures , frequently engaged in wars or acrimonious disputes to whether flesh be bread , or bread be flesh , whether it be better to kiss a post or throw it into the fire ...
... ridiculous light . They are repre- sented as most irrational creatures , frequently engaged in wars or acrimonious disputes to whether flesh be bread , or bread be flesh , whether it be better to kiss a post or throw it into the fire ...
90. oldal
... editor observing in the introduction that " a tailor's pattern - book must consist of various colours and various cloths ; and what one thinks The Wonderful Magazine . 91 fashionable , another deems ridiculous 90 History of English Humour .
... editor observing in the introduction that " a tailor's pattern - book must consist of various colours and various cloths ; and what one thinks The Wonderful Magazine . 91 fashionable , another deems ridiculous 90 History of English Humour .
91. oldal
... ridiculous . " To help the new enterprise , an incentive to emula- tion was proposed by the offer of two silver medals , one for the most humorous tale , and the other for the best answer to a prize enigma . The Magazine contained a ...
... ridiculous . " To help the new enterprise , an incentive to emula- tion was proposed by the offer of two silver medals , one for the most humorous tale , and the other for the best answer to a prize enigma . The Magazine contained a ...
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9. oldal - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike...
46. oldal - He is taller, by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court ; which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders.
131. oldal - Good people all of every sort, Give ear unto my song, And if you find it wondrous short, It cannot hold you long. In Islington there was a man, Of whom the world might say, That still a godly race he ran, Whene'er he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes ! The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes.
297. oldal - Something, whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.
131. oldal - Whene'er he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound. And curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends. Went mad, and bit the man.
8. oldal - Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's wits against the lady's hair: The doubtful beam long nods from side to side; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. See fierce Belinda on the baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes: Nor fear'd the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die.
141. oldal - Story? God bless you! I have none to tell, sir: Only last night a-drinking at the Chequers, This poor old hat and breeches, as you see, were Torn in a scuffle. Constables came up for to take me into Custody; they took me before the justice; Justice Oldmixon put me in the parish Stocks for a vagrant.
45. oldal - And to urge another argument of a parallel nature: if Christianity were once abolished, how could the freethinkers, the strong reasoners, and the men of profound learning, be able to find another subject, so calculated in all points, whereon to display their abilities? what wonderful productions of wit should we be deprived of from those whose genius, by continual practice, hath been wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against religion, and would therefore never be able to shine or distinguish...
141. oldal - Needy Knife-grinder! whither are you going? Rough is the road, your wheel is out of order — Bleak blows the blast ; — your hat has got a hole in't, So have your breeches. Weary Knife-grinder! little think the proud ones Who in their coaches roll along the turnpikeroad, what hard work 'tis crying all day, "Knives and Scissors to grind O...
107. oldal - O'er the bounds of thirty-five. High to soar, and deep to dive, Nature gives at thirty-five. Ladies, stock and tend your hive, Trifle not at thirty-five: For howe'er we boast and strive, Life declines from thirty-five: He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five.