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... . " " God's my life ! " exclaimed Sancho , impatiently , “ as if I could not guess that , of my own head ! The question is , how am I to get rid of it ? " I quote from memory ; but this is the substance ON WIT AND HUMOUR . 11.
... . " " God's my life ! " exclaimed Sancho , impatiently , “ as if I could not guess that , of my own head ! The question is , how am I to get rid of it ? " I quote from memory ; but this is the substance ON WIT AND HUMOUR . 11.
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... head of St. Januarius , at which a phial full of congealed blood is made to liquefy . Green applies it to the ... heads which are ador'd while on . 2nd , The Metaphor , which is but another form of the Simile , or , as Addison has ...
... head of St. Januarius , at which a phial full of congealed blood is made to liquefy . Green applies it to the ... heads which are ador'd while on . 2nd , The Metaphor , which is but another form of the Simile , or , as Addison has ...
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... of " washing asses ' heads without losing his soap " pointed only at things that ought to be impossible , and not at those hopes for the world which his 66 own heartiness tended to animate . Steele , Swift , 26 AN ILLUSTRATIVE ESSAY.
... of " washing asses ' heads without losing his soap " pointed only at things that ought to be impossible , and not at those hopes for the world which his 66 own heartiness tended to animate . Steele , Swift , 26 AN ILLUSTRATIVE ESSAY.
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... head I walk'd along the Strand , I there did meet another man With his hat in his hand . Nevertheless this jest is an edifying instance of a wit's not being always aware of the beauty contained in what 32 AN ILLUSTRATIVE ESSAY.
... head I walk'd along the Strand , I there did meet another man With his hat in his hand . Nevertheless this jest is an edifying instance of a wit's not being always aware of the beauty contained in what 32 AN ILLUSTRATIVE ESSAY.
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... heads might be thought to belong to the preceding section ; but there is generally satire in Burlesque , which is not perhaps the case with Exaggeration . You may exaggerate in order to eulogize , and sincerely too ; the excess in that ...
... heads might be thought to belong to the preceding section ; but there is generally satire in Burlesque , which is not perhaps the case with Exaggeration . You may exaggerate in order to eulogize , and sincerely too ; the excess in that ...
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Page 253 - The rest the winds dispers'd in empty air. But now secure the painted vessel glides, The sunbeams trembling on the floating tides ; While melting music steals upon the sky, And soften'd sounds along the waters die : Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play, Belinda smil'd, and all the world was gay. All but the sylph — with careful thoughts opprest, Th' impending woe sat heavy on his breast.
Page 238 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 217 - twixt south and south-west side ; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees ; He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination.
Page 106 - Who therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff - and still he smil'd and talk'd: And as the soldiers bore dead bodies by, He call'd them untaught knaves, unmannerly, To bring a slovenly unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility.
Page 309 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick, If they were not his own by finessing and trick ; He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back.
Page 307 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind...
Page 270 - So proud, so grand: of that stupendous air, Soft and agreeable come never there. Greatness, with Timon, dwells in such a draught As brings all Brobdignag before your thought. To compass this, his building is a town, His pond an ocean, his parterre a down : Who but must laugh, the master when he sees, A puny insect, shivering at a breeze!
Page 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...
Page 235 - Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Page 256 - At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast. Straight hover round the fair her airy band ; Some, as she...