Wit and HumorH.W. Derby, 1861 - 261 pages |
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... admirable passages the Editor was compelled to omit on this account , from the works of Beaumont and Fletcher down to Don Juan . It was as if the greatest wits had resolved to do the foolishest things , out of spite to what was expected ...
... admirable passages the Editor was compelled to omit on this account , from the works of Beaumont and Fletcher down to Don Juan . It was as if the greatest wits had resolved to do the foolishest things , out of spite to what was expected ...
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... admiration in the writings of men of genius is rapidly decreasing , espe- cially in regard to wit and humor ; faculties , of which , as well as of knowledge in general , of scholarship , deep think- ing , and the most proved abilities ...
... admiration in the writings of men of genius is rapidly decreasing , espe- cially in regard to wit and humor ; faculties , of which , as well as of knowledge in general , of scholarship , deep think- ing , and the most proved abilities ...
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... admiration , as signifying a nimble sagacity of appre- hension , a special felicity of invention , a vivacity of spirit , and reach of wit more than vulgar ; it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts , that one can fetch in remote ...
... admiration , as signifying a nimble sagacity of appre- hension , a special felicity of invention , a vivacity of spirit , and reach of wit more than vulgar ; it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts , that one can fetch in remote ...
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... admirably used , for purposes of banter , by wits who are guilty of the very fault when they become grave . Thus Peter Pindar , who is as dull in his serious poetry as he is laughable in his comic : - Once at our house , amidst our ...
... admirably used , for purposes of banter , by wits who are guilty of the very fault when they become grave . Thus Peter Pindar , who is as dull in his serious poetry as he is laughable in his comic : - Once at our house , amidst our ...
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... Admirable things have the wits and even the gravest reformers ( the wits themselves are sometimes the gravest ) got out of this prince of buffoons , whom the older I grow ( always excepting the detestable coarseness taught him by the ...
... Admirable things have the wits and even the gravest reformers ( the wits themselves are sometimes the gravest ) got out of this prince of buffoons , whom the older I grow ( always excepting the detestable coarseness taught him by the ...
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