| 1908 - 544 páginas
...the nudiustertian fashion of the Court ; with egg [desire] to be in it in all haste, whatever it be; I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the...epitome of Nothing, fitter to be kicked, if she were a kickable substance, than either honored or humored." It is evident that, besides being a widower,... | |
| Charles William Pearson - 1908 - 280 páginas
...praise. Even that surly old cynic and woman hater Nathaniel Ward (who said of a woman of fashion: " I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the...product of a quarter of a cipher, the epitome of nothing ") was rapt in admiration of Anne Bradstreet and in some prefatory lines to the book makes Apollo swear... | |
| Abby Willis Howes - 1909 - 196 páginas
...court," and then hastens to change her own attire — " I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifler, the product of a quarter of a cipher, the epitome...kickable substance, than either honored or humored." These brief extracts serve to show the biting manner in which Ward wrote. His indignation burst forth... | |
| William B. Cairns - 1909 - 520 páginas
...: what the nudiustertian fashion of the Court; with egge to be in it in all haste, whatever it be; I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the product of a quarter of a cypher, the epitome of Nothing, fitter to be kickt, if shee were of a kickable substance, than either... | |
| Angus Evan Abbott - 1909 - 480 páginas
...fashion of the court ; I meane the very newest : with cgge to be in it in all haste, what ever it be ; I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the product of a quarter of a cypher, the epitome of nothing, fitter to be kickt, if shee were of a kickable substance, than either... | |
| Alfred Maurice Low - 1909 - 456 páginas
...vials of his wrath on the "woman who lives but to ape the newest court fashion" by pronouncing her "the very gizzard of a trifle, the product of a quarter of a cypher — the epitome of nothing, fitter to be kickt, if she were of a kickable substance, than either... | |
| Reuben Post Halleck - 1911 - 452 páginas
...fashion of the Court ; I mean the very newest ; with egg to be in it in all haste, whatever it be ; I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the...kickable substance, than either honored or humored." He does not hesitate to coin a word. The preceding short selection introduces us to " nugiperous "... | |
| Reuben Post Halleck - 1911 - 446 páginas
...Court; I mean the very newest; with egg to be in it in all haste, whatever it lie; I look at her .is the very gizzard of a trifle, the product of a quarter...kickable substance, than either honored or humored." He does not hesitate to coin a word. The preceding short selection introduces us to " nugipcrous" and... | |
| Carl Holliday - 1912 - 336 páginas
...the nudiustertian fashion of the Court ; with egg [desire] to be in it in all haste, whatever it be ; I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the...epitome of Nothing, fitter to be kicked, if she were a kickable substance, than either honored or humored." It is evident that, besides being a widower,... | |
| John Calvin Metcalf - 1914 - 428 páginas
...what the nudiustertian 2 fashion of the Court; with egge 3 to be in it in all haste, whatever it be; I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the...of a cipher, the epitome of Nothing, fitter to be kickt, if she were of a kickable substance, than either honoured or humoured. From Nathaniel Ward,... | |
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