Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor, 1. kötetAppleton., 1867 |
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15. oldal
... told by one and another of these ad- venturers , had made a deep impression on the mind of Walter Pipeweed , one of John's domestics , a fellow of a roving and projecting disposition , and who had learned the art of surveying . Walter ...
... told by one and another of these ad- venturers , had made a deep impression on the mind of Walter Pipeweed , one of John's domestics , a fellow of a roving and projecting disposition , and who had learned the art of surveying . Walter ...
27. oldal
... told you , picked up to make kings and chiefs . I speak of those par- ticularly that come trading down to inland towns or the metropolis . I would not communicate these mysteries of our trade , were it not that I confide in your good ...
... told you , picked up to make kings and chiefs . I speak of those par- ticularly that come trading down to inland towns or the metropolis . I would not communicate these mysteries of our trade , were it not that I confide in your good ...
48. oldal
... told long stories about their horses , about their adventures , their over - turns , and their breakings - down . They discussed the credits of different merchants and different inns ; and the two wags told several choice anecdotes of ...
... told long stories about their horses , about their adventures , their over - turns , and their breakings - down . They discussed the credits of different merchants and different inns ; and the two wags told several choice anecdotes of ...
59. oldal
... door , he inquired for the lady , and was told that she was so deeply engaged that she could see nobody . The jealousy of the lover was alarmed , and pushing " It means that I am innocent - and that THE RESULTS OF PHRENOLOGY . 59.
... door , he inquired for the lady , and was told that she was so deeply engaged that she could see nobody . The jealousy of the lover was alarmed , and pushing " It means that I am innocent - and that THE RESULTS OF PHRENOLOGY . 59.
63. oldal
... told by a correspondent of the Cleveland Herald , as an illustration of the uncer- tainty of worldly fame , and the folly of making it the controlling object of life : - " A few years since , but before the great Northern Railroad ...
... told by a correspondent of the Cleveland Herald , as an illustration of the uncer- tainty of worldly fame , and the folly of making it the controlling object of life : - " A few years since , but before the great Northern Railroad ...
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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...