 I need only tell you, that this ill-starred, good-natured, improvident man returned to Dublin, unhinged from all favour at court, and even banished from the castle. But still he remained a punster, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day passed without...  Eccentric biography; or, Sketches of remarkable characters, ancient and modern - 第 297 頁Eccentric biography 著 - 1801 - 348 頁完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | John Boyle (5th earl of Cork and Orrery.) - 1752 - 238 頁
...from the caftle. But Hill he remained a punfter, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day pafled without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddle-flick were in continual motion ; and yet to little or no purpofe, if we may give credit to the... | |
 | John Boyle Earl of Orrery - 1752 - 368 頁
...from the caftle. But frill he remained a punfter, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day pafled without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddle-ftick were in continual motion ; and yet to little or no purpofe, if we may give credit to the... | |
 | Robert Shiells - 1753 - 366 頁
...from the Caftle : But ftill he remained a punfter, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day pafted without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddle-flick were in continual motion ; and yet to little or no purpofe, if we may give credit to the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1757 - 486 頁
...from the caftle. But ftill h'e remained a ptmfter, aquibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day pilled without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddleftick were in continual motion; and yet to little or no purpofe, if we may give credit to the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1761 - 424 頁
...from the caftle. But ftil! he remained a punfier, a quibbler, a fidlcr, and a wit. Mat a day pa fled without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddleftick were in continual motion; and yet to little or no purpofe, if we may give eredit In the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784 - 394 頁
...from the callle. But Hill he remained a pnnfter, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day palled without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddleftkk were in continual motion ; and yet to little or no purpofe, if we may give eredit to the... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 442 頁
...punfter, a qaibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day Sheriff. Commentafin, vol i P- 339i day pifTed without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddleftick were in continual motion ; and yet to little or no purpoft, i: we may give credit to the... | |
 | 1798 - 432 頁
...from the caftle. But ftill he remained a punfter, aquibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day pafled without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddleftick were in continual motion, and yet to little or no purpofe, if we may give credit to the... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 678 頁
...Not a day passed without a retai an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddlestick were atn^ in motion, and yet to little or no purpose, if we may give ttie following verses, which shall serve as the conclusion of his cal character : ' With rmisic and... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 頁
...from the cadle. But ftill he remained a punfter, a qtiibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day paffed without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddleftick were in continual motion ; and yet to little or no purpofe, if we may give credit to the... | |
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