 I need only tell you, that this ill-starred, good-natured, improvident man returned to Dublin, unhinged from all favour at court, and even banished from the castle. But still he remained a punster, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day passed without...  Eccentric biography; or, Sketches of remarkable characters, ancient and modern - Σελίδα 297των Eccentric biography - 1801 - 348 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 426 σελίδες
...still he remained a punster, " a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. " Not a day passed without a re" bus, an anagram, or a madrigal. **" His pen and his fiddlestick...purpose, if we may " give credit to the following " verses, which shall serve as the " conclusion of his poetical cha" racier : " With music and poetry... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 416 σελίδες
...still he remained a punster, " a quibblor, a tiddler, nnd a wit. " Not a day passed without a re" bus, an anagram, or a madrigal. " His pen and his fiddlestick...purpose, if we may " give credit to the following " verses, which shall serve as the " conclusion of his poetical cha" racter : " With music and poetry... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 430 σελίδες
...quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. " Not a day passed without a re" bus, an anagram, or a madrigal. " His peri and his fiddlestick were " in continual motion, and...purpose, if we may " give credit to the following " verses, which sluill serve as the " conclusion of his poetical cha" racter : " With music and poetry... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 536 σελίδες
...all favour at court, and even hanished from the castle. But still he remained a punster, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day passed without a rebus,...continual motion, and yet to little or no purpose," &c. &c. This character is in a great measure confirmed by his son, in his Lift" of Swift. One of the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 536 σελίδες
...all favour at court, and even banished from the castle. But still he remained a punster, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day passed without a rebus,...continual motion, and yet to little or no purpose," &c. &c. This character is in a great measure confirmed by his son, in his Life of Swift. One of the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 538 σελίδες
...all favour ;.t court, and even banished from the castle. But still he remained a punster, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit Not a day passed without a rebus,...continual motion, and yet to little or no purpose," &c. &c. This character is in a great measure confirmed by his son, in his Life of Swift. • One of... | |
 | 1821 - 754 σελίδες
...all favour at court, and even banished from the castle. But still he remained a punster, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit: not a day passed without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen or his fiddlestick were in continual motion, and yet to little or no purpose," &c. &c. This character... | |
 | 1821 - 670 σελίδες
...quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit: not a day passed with-' out a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen or his fiddlestick were in continual motion, and yet to little or no purpose," &c. &c. This character is in a great measure confirmed by his SOD in his Life of Swift. He published... | |
 | 1823 - 936 σελίδες
...banished from the castle. But still he remained a punster, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not » day passed without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddlestick wire in continual motion ; and yet to little or no purpose, if we may give credit to the following... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 798 σελίδες
...all favor at court, and even banished from the castle. But still he remained a punster, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day passed without a rebus,...pen and his fiddlestick were in continual motion.' One of the volumes of Swift's miscellanies consists almost entirely of letters between him and the... | |
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