Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor, Τόμος 1Appleton., 1867 |
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Σελίδα 6
... stood on a log of wood , And saw a thing surprising . As in a maze he stood to gaze , The truth can't be denied , sir , He spied a score of kegs or more Come floating down the tide , sir . A sailor too , in jerkin blue , This strange ...
... stood on a log of wood , And saw a thing surprising . As in a maze he stood to gaze , The truth can't be denied , sir , He spied a score of kegs or more Come floating down the tide , sir . A sailor too , in jerkin blue , This strange ...
Σελίδα 9
... stood in piteous plight , " Twas ludicrous to see ; Until the bull - frogs came in sight , Which sham'd them mightily . Then all went home , right glad to save Their property from pillage ; And all agreed to shame the men Who first ...
... stood in piteous plight , " Twas ludicrous to see ; Until the bull - frogs came in sight , Which sham'd them mightily . Then all went home , right glad to save Their property from pillage ; And all agreed to shame the men Who first ...
Σελίδα 11
... stood to brave the desp'rate blow ; While all the party gaz'd suspended To see the deadly combat ended ; And Jove in equal balance weigh'd The sword against the brandish'd spade , He weigh'd ; but lighter than a dream , The sword flew ...
... stood to brave the desp'rate blow ; While all the party gaz'd suspended To see the deadly combat ended ; And Jove in equal balance weigh'd The sword against the brandish'd spade , He weigh'd ; but lighter than a dream , The sword flew ...
Σελίδα 13
... Stood tied half hanging to the pole ; Then lifting high the pond'rous jar , Pour'd o'er his head the smoking tar . With less profusion once was spread Oil on the Jewish monarch's head , That down his beard and vestments ran , And cover ...
... Stood tied half hanging to the pole ; Then lifting high the pond'rous jar , Pour'd o'er his head the smoking tar . With less profusion once was spread Oil on the Jewish monarch's head , That down his beard and vestments ran , And cover ...
Σελίδα 28
... stood still , like one enchained or enchanted for the moment . The king of the Killinoos , in the mean time , drew his tomahawk , and prepared for battle . " If this be your determination , " said the cap- | and fell behind . Teague ...
... stood still , like one enchained or enchanted for the moment . The king of the Killinoos , in the mean time , drew his tomahawk , and prepared for battle . " If this be your determination , " said the cap- | and fell behind . Teague ...
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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 70 - 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 ix - Something, whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.
Σελίδα viii - 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 22 - Alternate ranged, extend in circling rows, Assume their seats, the solid mass attack ; The dry husks rustle and the corn-cobs crack ; The song, the laugh, alternate notes resound, And the sweet cider trips in silence round.
Σελίδα 5 - Yankee Doodle, keep it up, Yankee Doodle, dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy. And there we see a thousand men, As rich as 'Squire David; And what they wasted every day, I wish it could be saved.
Σελίδα 46 - Boots, and all the other vagabond race that infest the purlieus of an inn; but the bustle was transient; the coach again whirled on its way; and boy and dog, and hostler and Boots, all slunk back again to their holes; the street again became silent, and the rain continued to rain on. In fact, there was no hope of its clearing up; the barometer pointed to rainy weather; mine...
Σελίδα 45 - ... rising from her reeking hide; a wall-eyed horse, tired of the loneliness of the stable, was poking his spectral head out of a window, with the rain dripping on it from the eaves; an unhappy cur, chained to a doghouse hard by, uttered something every now and then, between a bark and a yelp; a drab of a...
Σελίδα 13 - No man e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law...