 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 σελίδες
...as are our uppergallery audience, in a playhouse; who like nothing but the husk and rind of wit, and prefer a quibble, a conceit, an epigram, before solid...Martial stood for parliament-men, we know already who woidd carry it. But though they made the greatest appearance in the field, and cried the loudest, the... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - 1836 - 488 σελίδες
...calls ISM petite esprit* — such things as are our upper gallery audience in a playhouse, who like nothing but the husk and rind of wit ; prefer a quibble,...these are mob readers. If Virgil and Martial stood for parliament men, we know already who would carry it. But, though they make the greatest appearance in... | |
 | 1836 - 1118 σελίδες
...аз are our upper-gallery audience in a playhouse ; who like nothing but the husk ud rind of wit, and prefer a quibble, a conceit, an epigram, before solid sense and elegant expression. Tsese are mob readers. If Virgil and Martial stood far parliament-men, we know already who would firry... | |
 | 1838 - 954 σελίδες
...calls les petiti esprits ; such things as are our upper-gallery audience in a play-house, who like nothing but the husk and rind of wit; prefer a quibble,...sense and elegant expression. These are mob readers, and through their ignorant criticisms create a shoal of authors of the same level. There is a middle... | |
 | 1853 - 524 σελίδες
...are our upper-gallery audience in a playhouse ; who like nothing but the husk an'3 rind of wit, and prefer a quibble, a conceit, an epigram, before solid...we know already who would carry it. But though they made the greatest appearance in the field, and cried the loudest, the best on it is, they are but a... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1853 - 546 σελίδες
...calls Les Petits Esprits, such things as are our upper-gallery audience in a play-house ; who like nothing but the husk and rind of wit, prefer a quibble,...These are mob readers. If Virgil and Martial stood for parliament men, we know already who would carry it. But though they made the greatest appearance in... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 596 σελίδες
...are our upper gallery audience in a playhouse; who like nothing but the 'husk and rind of wit, and prefer a quibble, a conceit, an epigram, before solid...these are mob readers. If Virgil and Martial stood for parliament men, we know already who would carry it. But though they made the greatest appearance in... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 536 σελίδες
...calls Les Petiis Esprits ; such things as are our upjfer-gallery audience in & play-house ; who like nothing but the husk and rind of wit ; prefer a quibble,...stood for parliament-men, we know already who would cany it. But though they make the greatest appearance in the field, and cry the loudest, the best on't... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 618 σελίδες
...he calls Les Petits Esprits; such things as are our upper-gallery audience in a play-house, who like nothing but the husk and rind of wit, prefer a quibble,...these are mob readers. If Virgil and Martial stood for parliament men, we know already who would carry it. But though they make the greatest appearance in... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 626 σελίδες
...Esprits; such things as are our upper-gallery audience in a play-house, who like nothing but the^husk and rind of wit, prefer a quibble, a conceit, an epigram,...these are mob readers. If Virgil and Martial stood for parliament men, we know already who would carry it. But though they make the greatest appearance in... | |
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... [He might have said the same of writers too, if he had pleased.] In the lowest form he places those whom he calls les petits esprits, such things as are our upper-gallery audience in a playhouse ; who like nothing but the husk and rind of wit, prefer... 
