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... Macaronic Poetry , Half - Jargon Burdens of Songs , and even Nonsense Verses . This is a wide range , and is intended to include every . thing in Barrow's account of Wit , which is omitted in the fore- going sections . The reader will ...
... Macaronic Poetry , Half - Jargon Burdens of Songs , and even Nonsense Verses . This is a wide range , and is intended to include every . thing in Barrow's account of Wit , which is omitted in the fore- going sections . The reader will ...
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... Macaronic Poetry " ( 8vo . , 1831 ) , which originally appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine . † As the passage is worth something for its pleasantry apart from the jargon , it is here translated , with the retention only of the French ...
... Macaronic Poetry " ( 8vo . , 1831 ) , which originally appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine . † As the passage is worth something for its pleasantry apart from the jargon , it is here translated , with the retention only of the French ...
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... Macaronic we possess . The next in celebrity is one by Dr. Geddes on a political meeting at the Lon- don Tavern . It seems impossible to help being ludicrous now and then in compositions of this nature : but the Doctor is not without ...
... Macaronic we possess . The next in celebrity is one by Dr. Geddes on a political meeting at the Lon- don Tavern . It seems impossible to help being ludicrous now and then in compositions of this nature : but the Doctor is not without ...
Contents
N ILLUSTRATIVE ESSAY ON WIT AND HUMOR | 1 |
ELECTIONS FROM CHAUCER WITH CRITICAL NOTICE | 50 |
ELECTIONS FROM SHAKSPEARE WITH CRITICAL NOTICE | 85 |
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