Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor, 1. kötetAppleton., 1867 |
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ix. oldal
... lady of collateral line called Mirth , by whom she had issue Humor . Humor , therefore , being the young- est of this illustrious family , and descended from parents of such different dis- positions , is very various and unequal in his ...
... lady of collateral line called Mirth , by whom she had issue Humor . Humor , therefore , being the young- est of this illustrious family , and descended from parents of such different dis- positions , is very various and unequal in his ...
5. oldal
... lady whose conversa- tional powers were not of the kind to render a long interview desirable . He availed himself of the newly - arrived cargo to despatch his visitor . " Have you heard the news ? " said he , with emphasis . " Oh , no ...
... lady whose conversa- tional powers were not of the kind to render a long interview desirable . He availed himself of the newly - arrived cargo to despatch his visitor . " Have you heard the news ? " said he , with emphasis . " Oh , no ...
17. oldal
... lady by kneeling down and kissing the golden fringe of her embroi- dered petticoat , as was the fashion of that day . This ceremony , though a trifle in itself , helped much to recommend him to Mr. Bull , who was a very dutiful son ...
... lady by kneeling down and kissing the golden fringe of her embroi- dered petticoat , as was the fashion of that day . This ceremony , though a trifle in itself , helped much to recommend him to Mr. Bull , who was a very dutiful son ...
18. oldal
... lady's Codline should send for a girl whom he had hysterics to bring the whole family into his interest , John gave no heed to any of these insinuations . * courted , and marry her and that he should. This was a lucky circumstance indeed ...
... lady's Codline should send for a girl whom he had hysterics to bring the whole family into his interest , John gave no heed to any of these insinuations . * courted , and marry her and that he should. This was a lucky circumstance indeed ...
23. oldal
... lady of great beauty , great sense , and fortune still greater than either . " This was a sad blunder in a man of gallantry , but the lady not being of the greatest sensibility of nerve , did not perceive it . " On my part , " said he ...
... lady of great beauty , great sense , and fortune still greater than either . " This was a sad blunder in a man of gallantry , but the lady not being of the greatest sensibility of nerve , did not perceive it . " On my part , " said he ...
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ix. 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; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the other side, in separating carefully, one from another, ideas, wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by similitude, and by affinity to take one thing for another.
vii. oldal - ... expression ; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense: sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical...
70. oldal - But neither breath of morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent night With this her solemn bird ; nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet.
ix. oldal - Something, whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.
viii. oldal - It is, in short, a manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way — such as reason teacheth and proveth things by — which by a pretty surprising uncouthness in conceit or expression doth affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto.
22. oldal - Alternate ranged, extend in circling rows, Assume their seats, the solid mass attack ; The dry husks rustle and the corn-cobs crack ; The song, the laugh, alternate notes resound, And the sweet cider trips in silence round.
5. oldal - Yankee Doodle, keep it up, Yankee Doodle, dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy. And there we see a thousand men, As rich as 'Squire David; And what they wasted every day, I wish it could be saved.
46. oldal - Boots, and all the other vagabond race that infest the purlieus of an inn; but the bustle was transient; the coach again whirled on its way; and boy and dog, and hostler and Boots, all slunk back again to their holes; the street again became silent, and the rain continued to rain on. In fact, there was no hope of its clearing up; the barometer pointed to rainy weather; mine...
45. oldal - ... rising from her reeking hide; a wall-eyed horse, tired of the loneliness of the stable, was poking his spectral head out of a window, with the rain dripping on it from the eaves; an unhappy cur, chained to a doghouse hard by, uttered something every now and then, between a bark and a yelp; a drab of a...
13. oldal - No man e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law...