Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets: With an Illustrative Essay, and Critical CommentsSmith, Elder and Company, 1846 - 357 oldal |
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... lady's sake , the lover was at a sufficient distance from it . " - Ib . No. 102 . In Addison's time it was a fashion for ladies to patch their faces , by way of setting off the fairness of their skin ; and at one time they took to ...
... lady's sake , the lover was at a sufficient distance from it . " - Ib . No. 102 . In Addison's time it was a fashion for ladies to patch their faces , by way of setting off the fairness of their skin ; and at one time they took to ...
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... lady , or , as he calls her , a " Platonne . " It is more impu- dent than the other , inasmuch as it was a banter on a living person , and inflicted , moreover , through the medium of Steele , who would probably have re- jected such an ...
... lady , or , as he calls her , a " Platonne . " It is more impu- dent than the other , inasmuch as it was a banter on a living person , and inflicted , moreover , through the medium of Steele , who would probably have re- jected such an ...
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... ladies who were of quality , and gave out , that virginity was to be their state of life during this mortal condition , and ... lady who had writ a fine book concerning the recluse life , and was the projectrix of the foundation . 20 AN ...
... ladies who were of quality , and gave out , that virginity was to be their state of life during this mortal condition , and ... lady who had writ a fine book concerning the recluse life , and was the projectrix of the foundation . 20 AN ...
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... lady immediately answered , " If what I have said could have contributed to raise any thoughts in you that may make for the advancement of intellectual and divine con- versation , I should think myself extremely happy . " He immediately ...
... lady immediately answered , " If what I have said could have contributed to raise any thoughts in you that may make for the advancement of intellectual and divine con- versation , I should think myself extremely happy . " He immediately ...
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... lady ; - Her favourite science was the mathematical ; Her noblest virtue was her magnanimity ; Her wit ( she sometimes tried at wit ) was Attic all ; Her serious sayings darken'd to sublimity : In short , in all things she was fairly ...
... lady ; - Her favourite science was the mathematical ; Her noblest virtue was her magnanimity ; Her wit ( she sometimes tried at wit ) was Attic all ; Her serious sayings darken'd to sublimity : In short , in all things she was fairly ...
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151. oldal - A woman moved, is like a fountain troubled, Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty ; And, while it is so, none so dry or thirsty Will deign to sip, or touch one drop of it.
339. oldal - Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining; Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot too cool; for a drudge disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemployed or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks...
248. oldal - For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...
137. oldal - I will be master of what is mine own. She is my goods, my chattels ; she is my house, My household stuff, my field, my barn, My horse, my ox, my ass, my anything...
283. oldal - Planets through the boundless Sky. Some less refin'd, beneath the Moon's pale Light Pursue the Stars that shoot athwart the Night ; Or suck the Mists in grosser Air below, Or dip their Pinions in the painted Bow, Or brew fierce Tempests on the wintry Main, Or o'er the Glebe distil the kindly Rain.
80. oldal - And bathed every veyne in swich licour. Of which vertu engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne, And smale fowles maken melodye, That slepen al the night with open ye, (So priketh hem nature in hir corages), Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages...
286. oldal - The little engine on his fingers' ends ; This just behind Belinda's neck he spread, As o'er the fragrant steams she bends her head. Swift to the lock a thousand sprites repair...
5. oldal - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
341. oldal - He cherish'd his friend, and he relish'da bumper ; Yet one fault he had, and that one was a thumper. Perhaps you may ask if the man was a miser? I answer, no, no, for he always was wiser : Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat?
299. oldal - Unwater'd see the drooping sea-horse mourn, And swallows roost in Nilus' dusty urn. My lord advances with majestic mien, Smit with the mighty pleasure to be seen : But soft — by regular approach — not yet — First...