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... , got nothing for his pains of another who fell in love with a fine lady , who pretended to return his passion , and inviting him to her house , as the preliminary condition of her favour 10 [ LECTURE 1 . ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... , got nothing for his pains of another who fell in love with a fine lady , who pretended to return his passion , and inviting him to her house , as the preliminary condition of her favour 10 [ LECTURE 1 . ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
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... the fine lady ; the bustle , pertness , loquaciousness , and tricks of the chambermaid ; the impudence , lies , and roguery of the valet ; the match - making and unmaking ; the wisdom of 12 [ LECTURE I ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
... the fine lady ; the bustle , pertness , loquaciousness , and tricks of the chambermaid ; the impudence , lies , and roguery of the valet ; the match - making and unmaking ; the wisdom of 12 [ LECTURE I ON WIT AND HUMOUR .
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... lady at church , who seeing him look thoughtful , asked what he was thinking of " The next World , " — is a per- version of an established formula of language , something of the same kind . — Rhymes are sometimes a species of wit ...
... lady at church , who seeing him look thoughtful , asked what he was thinking of " The next World , " — is a per- version of an established formula of language , something of the same kind . — Rhymes are sometimes a species of wit ...
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... Lady Townly , Count Basset , and John Moody ; in Congreve's Millamant , Lady Wishfort , Witwoud , Sir Wilful Witwoud , and the rest . In another point of view , or with respect to that part of come- dy which relates to gallantry and ...
... Lady Townly , Count Basset , and John Moody ; in Congreve's Millamant , Lady Wishfort , Witwoud , Sir Wilful Witwoud , and the rest . In another point of view , or with respect to that part of come- dy which relates to gallantry and ...
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... lady or heroine of comedy , has so many lovers , that she surfeits on admiration , till it becomes indifferent to her ; so many rivals , that she is forced to put on a thousand airs of languid affectation to mortify and vex them more ...
... lady or heroine of comedy , has so many lovers , that she surfeits on admiration , till it becomes indifferent to her ; so many rivals , that she is forced to put on a thousand airs of languid affectation to mortify and vex them more ...
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Page 116 - The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! X.
Page 133 - At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves and re-resolves; then dies the same.
Page 187 - But Nature, in due course of time, once more Shall here put on her beauty and her bloom. "She leaves these objects to a slow decay, That what we are, and have been, may be known ; But at the coming of the milder day These monuments shall all be overgrown.
Page 74 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Page 132 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 91 - Villiers lies — alas ! how changed from him, That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim ! Gallant and gay, in Cliveden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; Or just as gay at council, in a ring Of mimic statesmen and their merry King.
Page 189 - The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre, Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office, and custom, in all line of order...
Page 96 - By a daisy whose leaves spread Shut when Titan goes to bed ; Or a shady bush or tree, She could more infuse in me, Than all Nature's beauties can, In some other wiser man.
Page 158 - Kate soon will be a woefu' woman! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane of the brig; There, at them thou thy tail may toss, A running stream they dare na cross! But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient a tail she had to shake: For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle; But little wist she Maggie's mettle!
Page 193 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.