The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor: Containing Choice and Characteristic Selections from the Writings of the Most Eminent Humorists of America, Ireland, Scotland, and England ...D. Appleton, 1859 |
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... took delight ; No caterwauls disturb'd our sleep by night . Chaste as a virgin , free from every stain , And neighboring cats mew'd for her love in vain . She never thirsted for the chicken's blood ; Her teeth she only used to chew her ...
... took delight ; No caterwauls disturb'd our sleep by night . Chaste as a virgin , free from every stain , And neighboring cats mew'd for her love in vain . She never thirsted for the chicken's blood ; Her teeth she only used to chew her ...
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... took out most of the scent , and the salts were of some advantage to the soil . told what advantages might be gained by settling | had courage to make a settlement in his forest , he there , and promised , if he should succeed , to turn ...
... took out most of the scent , and the salts were of some advantage to the soil . told what advantages might be gained by settling | had courage to make a settlement in his forest , he there , and promised , if he should succeed , to turn ...
Σελίδα 26
... took sick by the way , and is dead : I have heard of this lad of yours , and could wish to have him a while to supply his place . The treaty will not last longer than a couple of weeks ; and as the government will probably allow three ...
... took sick by the way , and is dead : I have heard of this lad of yours , and could wish to have him a while to supply his place . The treaty will not last longer than a couple of weeks ; and as the government will probably allow three ...
Σελίδα 68
... took it for granted , that the way to conquer , was to run . Run he did , at all events ; and a soliloquy , which he uttered , after the battle was ended , will best let the reader into his state of feeling on the subject . He had ...
... took it for granted , that the way to conquer , was to run . Run he did , at all events ; and a soliloquy , which he uttered , after the battle was ended , will best let the reader into his state of feeling on the subject . He had ...
Σελίδα 69
... took your post most prudently beyond the reach of In- dian rifles ; and that , so effectually did you keep the secret of your movements , that no person even knew the position you had taken in such a masterly manner . All this we learn ...
... took your post most prudently beyond the reach of In- dian rifles ; and that , so effectually did you keep the secret of your movements , that no person even knew the position you had taken in such a masterly manner . All this we learn ...
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Σελίδα 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; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the other side, in separating carefully, one from another, ideas, wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by similitude, and by affinity to take one thing for another.
Σελίδα vii - ... expression ; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense: sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical...
Σελίδα 62 - But neither breath of morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent night With this her solemn bird ; nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet.
Σελίδα 86 - As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Σελίδα 14 - Sense her dictates wrote, Fair Virtue put a seal, or Vice a blot. The thought was happy, pertinent, and true ; Methinks a genius might the plan pursue. I — can you pardon my presumption ? — I, No wit, no genius, yet for once will try. Various the papers various wants produce — The wants of fashion, elegance, and use; Men are as various ; and, if right I scan, Each sort of paper represents some man.
Σελίδα viii - ... knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language. It is, in short, a manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way — such as reason teacheth and proveth things by — which by a pretty surprising uncouthness in conceit or expression doth affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto.
Σελίδα 6 - The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes, to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted ; And some ran here, and others there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire cry'd, which some denied, But said the earth had quaked ; And girls and boys, with hideous noise, Ran thro
Σελίδα 183 - The fight's made up, and let's go at it. my soul if I don't jump down his throat, and gallop every chitterling out of him before you can say 'quit'!
Σελίδα 45 - Derby. A wet Sunday in a country inn ! whoever has had the luck to experience one can alone judge of my situation. The rain pattered against the casements ; the bells tolled for church with a melancholy sound. I went to the windows in quest of something to amuse the eye ; but it seemed as if I had been placed completely out of the reach of all amusement. The windows of my bed-room looked out among tiled roofs and stacks of chimneys, while those of my sitting-room commanded a full view of the stable-yard....
Σελίδα 20 - tis welcome still to me, But most, my Hasty Pudding, most in thee. Let the green succotash with thee contend; Let beans and corn their sweetest juices blend; Let butter drench them in its yellow tide, And a long slice of bacon grace their side; Not all the plate, how famed soe'er it be, Can please my palate like a bowl of thee.