Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 2 |
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... heart- easing mirth ; for besides the damsel we have men- tioned , Venus is expressly termed by Homer the laughter - loving Queen ; the whole Court of the immor- tals was often thrown into fits by the awkwardness of Vulcan ; Jove ...
... heart- easing mirth ; for besides the damsel we have men- tioned , Venus is expressly termed by Homer the laughter - loving Queen ; the whole Court of the immor- tals was often thrown into fits by the awkwardness of Vulcan ; Jove ...
Page 19
... heart , and frightens old Time from advancing towards us . For- tune , love , and justice , are all painted blind : they can neither see our smiles nor frowns . Fate is deaf to the most pathetic sorrows : we cannot mend our destined ...
... heart , and frightens old Time from advancing towards us . For- tune , love , and justice , are all painted blind : they can neither see our smiles nor frowns . Fate is deaf to the most pathetic sorrows : we cannot mend our destined ...
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... heart and none of my head . Humour , therefore , I deem pre- ferable to but I am not proceeding systemati- cally . Well , then , this convulsion is of three different kinds . Animal laughter , which may be produced by tickling , or by ...
... heart and none of my head . Humour , therefore , I deem pre- ferable to but I am not proceeding systemati- cally . Well , then , this convulsion is of three different kinds . Animal laughter , which may be produced by tickling , or by ...
Page 21
... heart to be stuffed and roasted , the gizzard to be peppered and devilled , and the sole to be fried . " Broken metaphors are not less laughable than these ludicrous games of cross - purposes ; and the risible public are much indebted ...
... heart to be stuffed and roasted , the gizzard to be peppered and devilled , and the sole to be fried . " Broken metaphors are not less laughable than these ludicrous games of cross - purposes ; and the risible public are much indebted ...
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... heart - sickening . However simple and philosophical in your personal habits , you must begin , of course , with a handsome establishment , for your genteel friends will not come to a shabby house ; that is to say , you must live for ...
... heart - sickening . However simple and philosophical in your personal habits , you must begin , of course , with a handsome establishment , for your genteel friends will not come to a shabby house ; that is to say , you must live for ...
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