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" THERE is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages, as that which consists in a jingle of words, and is comprehended under the general name of punning. It is indeed impossible to kill a weed, which the soil has a natural... "
The travellers - Página 162
de Tertius T C. Kendrick - 1825
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The British Essayists: Spectator

1823 - 406 páginas
...bnllatis vt mild nugis 1'agina turgescat, dare jwulits idoneajumo. FERS. SAT. V. 19. "Pis not indeed ray talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise.— THERE is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages, as that which...
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The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index ..., Volume 2

1824 - 284 páginas
...Addison. ffral equidem sludm, bullatis ut mihi nugit Pagina turgescat, dare pondus idanca fumo. FEUS. 'Tis not indeed my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page 'With wind and noise. DRTOXBT. • THERE is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages,...
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The Spectator, Volume 1

Joseph Addison - 1824 - 278 páginas
...Addison. Nan. equidem sludco, buHatis ut mihi nugis fagiuu turgeswt, dare pondus idonea funui. Psits. 'Tis not indeed my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page \Vitli wind and noise. Unmix. THERE is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice...
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English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and Explanations, Drawn from ...

George Crabb - 1826 - 768 páginas
...mimicry, of dramatic acting, and of imitation in general, is what distinguishes one man from the other ; 'Tis not, indeed, my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise. DRYDEN. These terms are all used in the plural, agreeably to the above explanation ; the abilities...
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The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volume 1

1827 - 428 páginas
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Sporting Magazine: Or, Monthly Calendar of the ..., Volume 20;Volume 70

1827 - 558 páginas
...compared to a bad cork in a bottle of good wine. It spoils the flavour of every thing. The Poet says, " 'Tis not, indeed, my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wiad and noise ;" nevertheless, having been indulged with a licence of now and then reporting some...
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A second selection from the papers of Addison in the Spectator and Guardian ...

Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 páginas
...equidem hoc studeo, bullatis ut mihi nugis Pagina turgescat, dare pondus idonea fumo. i Pen. Sat. v. 1 9. 'Tis not indeed my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise. Dryden, THERE is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages, as...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 8

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 834 páginas
...Id. For I shall sing of battles, blood, and rage, Which princes and their people did engage. Id. Tii not indeed my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise. • Id. Pvrtmt. The merchant's wife, who abounds in plenty, is not to have downright money \ but the...
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The Spectator, Volume 1

1830 - 482 páginas
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A Dictionary of Quotations from Various Authors in Ancient and Modern ...

Hugh Moore - 1831 - 528 páginas
...do not study to swell my book with pompous trifles, or to publish what will pass away like smoke." " 'Tis not indeed my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise." — M. 2713. ATore est ad astro mollis a terris via. SEN. — " The way from the earth to the stars...
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