| Samuel Butler - 1864 - 518 páginas
...astrologic. 'Till falling from dispute to fight, The conjurer's worsted by the Knight HUDIBRAS CANTO III.* DOUBTLESS the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat ;t As lookers-on feel most delight, That least perceive a juggler's Bight, And still the less they... | |
| George Musgrave Musgrave - 1864 - 302 páginas
...is mere fancy ; but the vendor and the buyer are well matched. The unanimity is wonderful, and — " Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated as to cheat." But ' ' pauli) majora canamus." Before half-past six o'clock the "parloir" or reception-room was, thrown... | |
| John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 páginas
...And look before you ere you leap ; For as you sow, y' are like to reap.f Part ii. Canto ii. Line 501. Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat. Part ii. Canto iii. Line 1. He made an instrument to know If the moon shine at full or no. Part ii.... | |
| 1865 - 504 páginas
...to grief. • JANUARY. 13 less daring. The poet Butler wrote the following well-known couplet: — " Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated as to cheat." But this is more appliable to legerdemain than to labelling fruit trees. Mistakes or frauds in the... | |
| 1866 - 390 páginas
...The Knight, with various doubts possest, To win the Lady goes in quest Of Sidrophel the Rosycrucian, To know the Dest'nies' resolution: With whom b'ing...pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat ; As lookers-on feel most delight That least perceive a juggler's sleight, And still, the less they understand,... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1890 - 342 páginas
...the science astrologic ; Till, falling from dispute to right, The Conj'rer's worsted by theKnight. DOUBTLESS the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat ; As lookers-on feel most delight That least perceive a juggler's sleight, And still, the less they understand,... | |
| Robert Demaus - 1866 - 240 páginas
...his hairy strength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin sings.' (10) ' Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat ; As lookers-on feel most delight; That least perceive a juggler's sleight, And still the less they understand,... | |
| Phineas Taylor Barnum - 1866 - 368 páginas
...people, as a too general thing, like to be led into the region of mystery. As Hudibras has it — ' ' Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat ; As lookers-on feel most delight, That least perceive a juggler's sleight, And still the less they understand,... | |
| 1866 - 780 páginas
...comes Trevor at last" And Trevor entered the gate, and approached them. IMPOSTUBB AND CREDULITY. " Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat." — HUDIBRAS. IF we are to judge by the avidity with which men in all ages have swallowed, and still... | |
| George Herbert - 1866 - 722 páginas
...comes Trevor at last." And Trevor entered the gate, and approached them. IMPOSTUKE AND CREDULITY. " Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat" — UUDIBRAS. IF we are to judge by the avidity with which men in all ages have swallowed, and still... | |
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