Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets: With an Illustrative Essay and Critical CommentsNorwood Editions, 1846 - 332 páginas |
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... at Alexandria when it was taken . He had many times been placed at the head of the table in Prussia ; had commanded oftener in Russia and Lithuania than any other man of his standing ; No Cristen man so ofte of his degre : In 82 CHAUCER .
... at Alexandria when it was taken . He had many times been placed at the head of the table in Prussia ; had commanded oftener in Russia and Lithuania than any other man of his standing ; No Cristen man so ofte of his degre : In 82 CHAUCER .
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... stand above a thousand comedies . The spirit of comedy is in it , with some- thing more . Several of Molière's comedies are farces ; and so are those of Aristophanes . People whose will and folly are generally in such equal portions as ...
... stand above a thousand comedies . The spirit of comedy is in it , with some- thing more . Several of Molière's comedies are farces ; and so are those of Aristophanes . People whose will and folly are generally in such equal portions as ...
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... stands where I am , and sees you there . Tra . But say , what : -To thine old news . Bion . Why , Petruchio is coming , in a new hat and an old jerkin ; a pair of old breeches , thrice turned ; a pair of boots that have been candle ...
... stands where I am , and sees you there . Tra . But say , what : -To thine old news . Bion . Why , Petruchio is coming , in a new hat and an old jerkin ; a pair of old breeches , thrice turned ; a pair of boots that have been candle ...
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... stands , touch her whoever dare ; I'll bring my action on the proudest he That stops my way in Padua . - Grumio , Draw forth thy weapon , we ' re beset with thieves ; Rescue thy mistress , if thou be a man : - Fear not , sweet wench ...
... stands , touch her whoever dare ; I'll bring my action on the proudest he That stops my way in Padua . - Grumio , Draw forth thy weapon , we ' re beset with thieves ; Rescue thy mistress , if thou be a man : - Fear not , sweet wench ...
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... she , poor soul , Knows not which way to stand , to look , to speak ; And sits as one new risen from a dream . Away , away ! for he is coming hither . [ Exeunt . Re - enter PETRUCHIO . Pet . Thus have I 140 SHAKSPEARE .
... she , poor soul , Knows not which way to stand , to look , to speak ; And sits as one new risen from a dream . Away , away ! for he is coming hither . [ Exeunt . Re - enter PETRUCHIO . Pet . Thus have I 140 SHAKSPEARE .
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animal spirits Apho APHOBUS Aristophanes Bacurius Ben Jonson Bessus brother call'd captain character Charles Lamb Chaucer Colax comedy Corb Corv courtepy courtier cried Dean Deil devil Doctor doth duke exquisite extremes meet eyes fairy Falstaff fancy fear fool Friar Gent gentlemen give grace hath hear heart Heaven hire honour horse Hudibras Igno Jaques Kate Kath KATHARINA kick'd king Lady laugh laughter lord Macaronic madam master mind mock-heroic Molière Mosca nature never night Panurge passage PETRUCHIO poem poet poetry poor pray quod quoth Rabelais racter rhymes satire servant Shakspeare Sompnour soul spleen summoner sure Swift sylph Tartuffe tell thee ther things thou thought twelf Uncle Toby unto valiant verse Volp Volpone whan wife Wit and Humour word write
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Página 341 - 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, unemployed or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold,...
Página 268 - Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy...
Página 284 - 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 287 - Ah cease, rash youth ! desist ere 'tis too late, Fear the just gods, and think of Scylla's fate! Chang'd to a bird, and sent to flit in air, She dearly pays for Nisus' injur'd hair ! But when to mischief mortals bend their will, How soon they find fit instruments of ill ! Just then, Clarissa drew with tempting grace A...
Página 263 - Shadwell alone of all my sons is he Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense.
Página 5 - 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 288 - T' inclose the lock ; now joins it, to divide. Ev'n then, before the fatal engine clos'd, A wretched sylph too fondly interpos'd ; Fate urg'd the shears, and cut the sylph in twain, (But airy substance soon unites again) The meeting points the sacred hair dissever From the fair head, for ever, and for ever ! Then flash'd the living lightning from her eyes, • And screams of horror rend th
Página 343 - He cherish'd his friend, and he relish'da bumper ; Yet one fault he had, and that one was a thumper. Perhaps you may ask if the man was a miser? I answer, no, no, for he always was wiser : Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat?
Página 265 - 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 301 - Unwater'd see the drooping sea-horse mourn, And swallows roost in Nilus' dusty urn. My lord advances with majestic mien, Smit with the mighty pleasure to be seen : But soft — by regular approach — not yet — First...