Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 2 |
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Page 18
... observe how abun- dantly the Pagan heaven was provided with 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 ...
... observe how abun- dantly the Pagan heaven was provided with 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 ...
Page 31
... it is truly pleasing to observe with what ingenuous candour they acknowledge a man's early merits when they serve to signalize his late failure . PETER PINDARICS . The Biter Bit . JACK DOBSON , COZENING COUSINS AND CAUSTIC COMPLIMENTS , 31.
... it is truly pleasing to observe with what ingenuous candour they acknowledge a man's early merits when they serve to signalize his late failure . PETER PINDARICS . The Biter Bit . JACK DOBSON , COZENING COUSINS AND CAUSTIC COMPLIMENTS , 31.
Page 36
... observed that all the figures were arranged in the exact positions which they were to occupy in the re- spective pediments . Those intended for the front , which faces the Propylæa , and the long walls to the Piræus , represented the ...
... observed that all the figures were arranged in the exact positions which they were to occupy in the re- spective pediments . Those intended for the front , which faces the Propylæa , and the long walls to the Piræus , represented the ...
Page 38
... observation : - " That which indicates intellect , is always admired among the Greeks . It is a maxim with them , that the lower the eyes are placed , the more does the human recede from the animal charac- ter : -those of Socrates ( a ...
... observation : - " That which indicates intellect , is always admired among the Greeks . It is a maxim with them , that the lower the eyes are placed , the more does the human recede from the animal charac- ter : -those of Socrates ( a ...
Page 41
... observations from a listener behind , who instantly turned round to two companions , prepared with ta- blets to note down what he communicated in a whisper . " That , " said my marble colloquist , " THE STATUE OF THESEUS . 41.
... observations from a listener behind , who instantly turned round to two companions , prepared with ta- blets to note down what he communicated in a whisper . " That , " said my marble colloquist , " THE STATUE OF THESEUS . 41.
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admiration ancient animal Aspasia Bampfylde Moore Carew beauty bells beneath better Blue-stocking body catachresis celebrated charm confess countenance cried dark dead dear death Deity delight devil dinner earth ejaculated Epimenides exclaimed existence eyes face Fairlop fate favour fear feel fortune friends give grave hand happy harpsichord Harry haunch head heard heart heaven HIGHWAYMAN honour Houndsditch human immortal jokes lady laugh laughter live London look marriage mean ment mind misanthropy moral morning mouth mutton nature neighbour ness never Newgate Calendar night No-man nose o'er observed once Parthenon pass perfect Pericles perpetual Phidias PINDARICS play pocket poets poor possession present purse Rabelais replied Romulus and Remus seems silence Sir Guy Socrates soul spirit tears thee Theseus thing thou thought tion Twas whole wife words write Zounds