Wit and HumorLamport & Company, 1846 - 261 страница |
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... thoughts into plain- tive condition ; for had he reflected on that " art of wit " which he professed , and opposed pleasures to pains , instead of " laugh- ter , " as the correct wording of his proposition required , he would have ...
... thoughts into plain- tive condition ; for had he reflected on that " art of wit " which he professed , and opposed pleasures to pains , instead of " laugh- ter , " as the correct wording of his proposition required , he would have ...
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... thoughts ; by instilling gaiety and airiness of spirit ; by provoking to such dispositions of spirit in way of emulation or compliance ; and by seasoning matter , otherwise dis- tasteful or insipid , with an unusual and thence grateful ...
... thoughts ; by instilling gaiety and airiness of spirit ; by provoking to such dispositions of spirit in way of emulation or compliance ; and by seasoning matter , otherwise dis- tasteful or insipid , with an unusual and thence grateful ...
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... thought , with too great a perfection even , or with pa- thos and sorrow . All extremes meet ; excess of laughter itself runs into tears , and mirth becomes heaviness . Mirth itself is too often but melancholy in disguise . The jests of ...
... thought , with too great a perfection even , or with pa- thos and sorrow . All extremes meet ; excess of laughter itself runs into tears , and mirth becomes heaviness . Mirth itself is too often but melancholy in disguise . The jests of ...
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... thought or feeling more amusing than accountable ; at least in the opinion of society . It is therefore , either in reality or appearance , a thing inconsistent . It deals in incongruities of character and circumstance , as Wit does in ...
... thought or feeling more amusing than accountable ; at least in the opinion of society . It is therefore , either in reality or appearance , a thing inconsistent . It deals in incongruities of character and circumstance , as Wit does in ...
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... Thought or Circumstance together ; - -as in one of Addison's papers above mentioned , where he is speak- ing of a whole Book of Psalms that was minutely written in the face and hair of a portrait of Charles the First ; - " When I was ...
... Thought or Circumstance together ; - -as in one of Addison's papers above mentioned , where he is speak- ing of a whole Book of Psalms that was minutely written in the face and hair of a portrait of Charles the First ; - " When I was ...
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Страница 249 - 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...
Страница 216 - 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...
Страница 106 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love, fair looks, and true obedience; Too little payment for so great a debt.
Страница 209 - 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.
Страница 179 - Twas Presbyterian true blue, 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...
Страница 250 - If they were not his own by finessing and trick: He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back.
Страница 178 - twixt south and south-west side ; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees ; He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination.
Страница 206 - 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.
Страница 4 - 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...
Страница 206 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.