Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets; with an Illustrative Essay, and Critical CommentsSmith, Elder and Company, 1846 - 357 страница |
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... once unavoidable and provoking ( con- sidering how much some of the best of the writers excelled in prose , often to the far greater advantage of their pleasantry ) , the Introductory Essay has been plentifully supplied with examples of ...
... once unavoidable and provoking ( con- sidering how much some of the best of the writers excelled in prose , often to the far greater advantage of their pleasantry ) , the Introductory Essay has been plentifully supplied with examples of ...
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... once rouses our minds to action ; suggests , and saves us the trouble of a difficulty ; and turns the help into a compliment , by implying our participation in the process . It does not follow that everything witty or humorous excites ...
... once rouses our minds to action ; suggests , and saves us the trouble of a difficulty ; and turns the help into a compliment , by implying our participation in the process . It does not follow that everything witty or humorous excites ...
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... once taken up for a Jesuit , for no other reason but my profound taciturnity . " — No . 4. There appears in this sentence at first sight , to be nothing but what is exclusively in character with the mute and single- minded Spectator ...
... once taken up for a Jesuit , for no other reason but my profound taciturnity . " — No . 4. There appears in this sentence at first sight , to be nothing but what is exclusively in character with the mute and single- minded Spectator ...
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... Once at our house , amidst our Attic feasts , We likened our acquaintances to beasts ; ( It is Boswell , speaking of Johnson . ) As , for example , some to calves and hogs , And some to bears and monkeys , cats and dogs . We said ...
... Once at our house , amidst our Attic feasts , We likened our acquaintances to beasts ; ( It is Boswell , speaking of Johnson . ) As , for example , some to calves and hogs , And some to bears and monkeys , cats and dogs . We said ...
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... ; you sinn'd when you swore ; think of that , my FORMER CRONY ! former , I say , because it's all over with us ; with you as well as with me . Oh , I sink , I sink . Oh to be but once again on dry ON WIT AND HUMOUR . 31.
... ; you sinn'd when you swore ; think of that , my FORMER CRONY ! former , I say , because it's all over with us ; with you as well as with me . Oh , I sink , I sink . Oh to be but once again on dry ON WIT AND HUMOUR . 31.
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