Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 pages |
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... face , and ap- proach a child with this disguise on , it will at first , from the oddity and incongruity of the appearance , be inclined to laugh ; if we go nearer to it , steadily , and without saying a word , it will begin to be ...
... face , and ap- proach a child with this disguise on , it will at first , from the oddity and incongruity of the appearance , be inclined to laugh ; if we go nearer to it , steadily , and without saying a word , it will begin to be ...
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... face , his eyes sparkle , his tongue falter or be mute , but in either case the tears will gush to his relief , and lighten the pressure about his heart . On the other hand , if a child is playing at hide - and - seek , or blind - man's ...
... face , his eyes sparkle , his tongue falter or be mute , but in either case the tears will gush to his relief , and lighten the pressure about his heart . On the other hand , if a child is playing at hide - and - seek , or blind - man's ...
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... faces bathed in laughter , we know what is the matter that they are just come from a puppet - show . Who can see three little painted , patched - up figures , no bigger than one's thumb , strut , squeak , and gibber , sing , dance ...
... faces bathed in laughter , we know what is the matter that they are just come from a puppet - show . Who can see three little painted , patched - up figures , no bigger than one's thumb , strut , squeak , and gibber , sing , dance ...
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... faces ; for they can- not get others to laugh with them . In like manner , an affecta- tion of wit by degrees hardens the heart , and spoils good com- pany and good manners . A perpetual succession of good things puts an end to common ...
... faces ; for they can- not get others to laugh with them . In like manner , an affecta- tion of wit by degrees hardens the heart , and spoils good com- pany and good manners . A perpetual succession of good things puts an end to common ...
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... Face . [ within ] Sir , he'll come to you by and by . Mam . That is his Firedrake , His Lungs , his Zephyrus , he that puffs his coals , Till he firk nature up in her own centre . You are not faithful , Sir . This night I'll change All ...
... Face . [ within ] Sir , he'll come to you by and by . Mam . That is his Firedrake , His Lungs , his Zephyrus , he that puffs his coals , Till he firk nature up in her own centre . You are not faithful , Sir . This night I'll change All ...
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Page 116 - The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! X.
Page 133 - At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves and re-resolves; then dies the same.
Page 187 - But Nature, in due course of time, once more Shall here put on her beauty and her bloom. "She leaves these objects to a slow decay, That what we are, and have been, may be known ; But at the coming of the milder day These monuments shall all be overgrown.
Page 74 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Page 132 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 91 - Villiers lies — alas ! how changed from him, That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim ! Gallant and gay, in Cliveden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; Or just as gay at council, in a ring Of mimic statesmen and their merry King.
Page 189 - The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre, Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office, and custom, in all line of order...
Page 96 - By a daisy whose leaves spread Shut when Titan goes to bed ; Or a shady bush or tree, She could more infuse in me, Than all Nature's beauties can, In some other wiser man.
Page 158 - Kate soon will be a woefu' woman! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane of the brig; There, at them thou thy tail may toss, A running stream they dare na cross! But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient a tail she had to shake: For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle; But little wist she Maggie's mettle!
Page 193 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.