 | 1834 - 638 pages
...the ohjects of this satire. A modern author (M. Viessieux) says " he delights in licentious douhle entendre, gross jokes, and dirty tricks ; there is not a single good quality in him ; his cunning is always very low, ami he is invariahly outwitted when he meets with a person of any sense ; so that... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 386 pages
...highly gifted by nature and accomplished by education, that he is at once a thief, a liar, a coward, a braggart, and a debauchee ; still the facetious...quality in him ; his cunning is very low, and he is always outwitted when he meets with any person of sense, so that in the end he is generally discovered,... | |
 | English literature - 1827 - 334 pages
...delight even to the people who are the objects of this satire. A modern author (M. Viessieux) says 'he delights in licentious double entendre, gross...not a single good quality in him ; his cunning is always very low, and he is invariably outwitted when he meets with a person of any sense ; so that... | |
 | Punch (fict.name.) - 1828 - 182 pages
...braggart, and a debauchee : still the facetious way in which he relates his various feats, enraptures the grovelling countrymen. He delights in licentious double...quality in him : his cunning is very low, and he is always outwitted when he meets with any person of sense, so that in the end he is generally discovered,... | |
 | Punch (fict.name.) - 1870 - 200 pages
...yeux de leurs lecteurs rendent le vice amiable. which he relates his various feats, enraptures the grovelling countrymen. He delights in licentious "...good quality in him : his cunning is very low, and lie is always outwitted when he meets with any person of sense, so that in the end he is generally... | |
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... servant of Acerra,* a village in the neighbourhood of Naples, and he is so highly gifted by nature and accomplished by education, that he is at once a thief, a liar, a coward, a braggart, and a debauchee : still the facetious way in which he relates... 