Essay on Irish bulls, by R. L. and M. EdgeworthJ. Johnson, 1808 - 280 страница |
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... late proclamation of an irish mayor , in which we are informed , that cer- tain business is to be transacted in that city 66 every Monday , ( Easter Sunday only ex- cepted ) . " This seems rather an unneces sary exception ; but it is ...
... late proclamation of an irish mayor , in which we are informed , that cer- tain business is to be transacted in that city 66 every Monday , ( Easter Sunday only ex- cepted ) . " This seems rather an unneces sary exception ; but it is ...
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... - logique , a dictionary of the new terms adopted since the revolution . It must be supposed , that during the late disturbances in Ireland many cant terms have been brought into use , which are not yet 36 IRISH NEWSPAPERS .
... - logique , a dictionary of the new terms adopted since the revolution . It must be supposed , that during the late disturbances in Ireland many cant terms have been brought into use , which are not yet 36 IRISH NEWSPAPERS .
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... be angli cised , though so many gallicisms have of late not only been naturalised in Eng- land , but even adopted by the most fa- 66 mistaking a feminine for a masculine noun , or shionable speakers and writers . The BULLS AND BLUNDERS .
... be angli cised , though so many gallicisms have of late not only been naturalised in Eng- land , but even adopted by the most fa- 66 mistaking a feminine for a masculine noun , or shionable speakers and writers . The BULLS AND BLUNDERS .
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... late Mr. John Machin , - professor of astronomy in Gresham Col- lege , is extremely expeditious and but little known , I shall take this opportu- nity of explaining it . " It is to be presumed , that the doctor here uses the word famous ...
... late Mr. John Machin , - professor of astronomy in Gresham Col- lege , is extremely expeditious and but little known , I shall take this opportu- nity of explaining it . " It is to be presumed , that the doctor here uses the word famous ...
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... antiquity , or to commit a blunder , for which there is no precedent . For example , during the late rebellion in Ireland , at the military execution of some . wretched rebel , the cord broke , and the 81 THE BLISS OF IGNORANCE .
... antiquity , or to commit a blunder , for which there is no precedent . For example , during the late rebellion in Ireland , at the military execution of some . wretched rebel , the cord broke , and the 81 THE BLISS OF IGNORANCE .
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Страница 194 - 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 cut blocks with a razor.
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Страница 84 - Boeotian absurdity of our neighbours. What can, at first view, appear a grosser blunder than that of the Irishman who begged a friend to look over his library, to find for him the history of the world before the creation? Yet this anachronism of ideas is not unparalleled; it is matched, though on a more contracted scale, by an inscription on a British finger-post— "Had you seen these roads before they were made, You'd lift up your eyes, and bless Marshal Wade!
Страница 124 - Ye are the eldest man that I can espy in all this company, so that if any man can tell any cause of it, ye of likelihood can say most of it, or at leastwise more than any man here assembled. Yea, forsooth, good Master...
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