Wit and HumorLeigh Hunt Wiley & Putnam, 1846 - 261 頁 |
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... seems to be a very tragical conclusion for " poor human nature ; " but the Doctor had probably been taking his usual potations over - night , and so put his waking thoughts into plain- tive condition ; for had he reflected on that " art ...
... seems to be a very tragical conclusion for " poor human nature ; " but the Doctor had probably been taking his usual potations over - night , and so put his waking thoughts into plain- tive condition ; for had he reflected on that " art ...
第 5 頁
... seems to be justifiable ; though I cannot think it entirely so on the scornful ground implied by him . * His limitation of the cause of laughter looks like a satur- nine self - sufficiency . There are numerous occasions , undoubt- edly ...
... seems to be justifiable ; though I cannot think it entirely so on the scornful ground implied by him . * His limitation of the cause of laughter looks like a satur- nine self - sufficiency . There are numerous occasions , undoubt- edly ...
第 7 頁
... seems to be rendered harmless by the charge of dumbness . Yet as ex- tremes meet , and a Jesuit is always supposed to mean something different from what he pretends , a contrast of the greatest kind is first suggested between that ...
... seems to be rendered harmless by the charge of dumbness . Yet as ex- tremes meet , and a Jesuit is always supposed to mean something different from what he pretends , a contrast of the greatest kind is first suggested between that ...
第 19 頁
... seems . Indeed it could not otherwise have been so incessant . It is a pity somebody does not take up the wonderful translation of him by Urquhart , and make a good single volume of it , fit for modern readers . It would include all the ...
... seems . Indeed it could not otherwise have been so incessant . It is a pity somebody does not take up the wonderful translation of him by Urquhart , and make a good single volume of it , fit for modern readers . It would include all the ...
第 22 頁
... seem delightful to the eyes , Though dress'd with incoherent gooseberries : Crabs , salmon , lobsters , are with fennel spread , Who never touch'd that herb till they were dead : Yet no man lards salt pork with orange - peel , Or ...
... seem delightful to the eyes , Though dress'd with incoherent gooseberries : Crabs , salmon , lobsters , are with fennel spread , Who never touch'd that herb till they were dead : Yet no man lards salt pork with orange - peel , Or ...
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第 251 頁 - 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, unemploy'd, or in place, Sir, To eat mutton cold, and...
第 218 頁 - Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise...
第 181 頁 - Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of Errant Saints, whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant...
第 90 頁 - And that it was great pity, so it was, That villanous salt-petre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy 'd So cowardly ; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier.
第 89 頁 - He call'd them untaught knaves, unmannerly, To bring a slovenly, unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility.
第 208 頁 - The rest the winds dispers'd in empty air. But now secure the painted vessel glides, The sun-beams trembling on the floating tides : While melting music steals upon the sky, And soften'd sounds along the waters die : •Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play, Belinda smil'd, and all the world was gay.
第 193 頁 - And seems design'd for thoughtless majesty: Thoughtless as monarch oaks, that shade the plain, And, spread in solemn state, supinely reign. Heywood and Shirley were but types of thee, Thou last great prophet of tautology...
第 4 頁 - 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...
第 160 頁 - Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale?
第 211 頁 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At every word a reputation dies.