Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets: With an Illustrative Essay, and Critical CommentsSmith, Elder & Company, 1890 - 332 páginas |
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... LORD SHAFTESBURY 244 CHARACTER OF THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM .... 248 FOPPERIES OF THE TIME 250 THE CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT CLERGY . 251 SELECTIONS FROM PHILIPS , WITH CRITICAL NOTICE 255 THE SPLENDID SHILLING 256 SELECTIONS FROM POPE ...
... LORD SHAFTESBURY 244 CHARACTER OF THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM .... 248 FOPPERIES OF THE TIME 250 THE CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT CLERGY . 251 SELECTIONS FROM PHILIPS , WITH CRITICAL NOTICE 255 THE SPLENDID SHILLING 256 SELECTIONS FROM POPE ...
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... lord of Orleans , and my Lord High Constable , you talk of horse and armour , - - Orleans . You are as well provided of both as any prince in the world . Dauphin . What a long night is this ! I will not change my horse with any that ...
... lord of Orleans , and my Lord High Constable , you talk of horse and armour , - - Orleans . You are as well provided of both as any prince in the world . Dauphin . What a long night is this ! I will not change my horse with any that ...
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... lords of ladies intellectual , Inform us truly , -haven't they hen - peck'd you all ? -Don Juan , Canto i . Butler is so profuse of good and astounding rhymes , that they become a part of his wit , by ON WIT AND HUMOUR . 41.
... lords of ladies intellectual , Inform us truly , -haven't they hen - peck'd you all ? -Don Juan , Canto i . Butler is so profuse of good and astounding rhymes , that they become a part of his wit , by ON WIT AND HUMOUR . 41.
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... Lord Foppington , of Matthew Bramble in Smollett , and of Sir Walter Scott's Antiquary . 11th , Humours of Nations and Classes ; as Irishmen and Frenchmen , Englishmen , Spaniards , Beggars , Lawyers , Physicians , Friars , Actors , & c ...
... Lord Foppington , of Matthew Bramble in Smollett , and of Sir Walter Scott's Antiquary . 11th , Humours of Nations and Classes ; as Irishmen and Frenchmen , Englishmen , Spaniards , Beggars , Lawyers , Physicians , Friars , Actors , & c ...
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... Lord of Palatie Agen another hethen in Turkie , And evermore he hadde a sovereigne pris , And though that he was worthy , he was wise , And of his port as meke as is a mayde . He never yet no vilanie ne sayde In alle his lif unto no ...
... Lord of Palatie Agen another hethen in Turkie , And evermore he hadde a sovereigne pris , And though that he was worthy , he was wise , And of his port as meke as is a mayde . He never yet no vilanie ne sayde In alle his lif unto no ...
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Página 253 - The rest the winds dispers'd in empty air. But now secure the painted vessel glides, The sunbeams 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. All but the sylph — with careful thoughts opprest, Th' impending woe sat heavy on his breast.
Página 238 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Página 217 - 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.
Página 106 - Who therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff - and still he smil'd and talk'd: And as the soldiers bore dead bodies by, He call'd them untaught knaves, unmannerly, To bring a slovenly unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility.
Página 309 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick, 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.
Página 307 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind...
Página 270 - So proud, so grand: of that stupendous air, Soft and agreeable come never there. Greatness, with Timon, dwells in such a draught As brings all Brobdignag before your thought. To compass this, his building is a town, His pond an ocean, his parterre a down : Who but must laugh, the master when he sees, A puny insect, shivering at a breeze!
Página ix - 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...
Página 235 - Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Página 256 - At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast. Straight hover round the fair her airy band ; Some, as she...