History of English Humour: With an Introduction Upon Ancient Humour, 1. sējumsHurst and Blackett, 1878 - 712 lappuses |
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1.–5. rezultāts no 31.
40. lappuse
... afterwards , he observes , as if the idea of perverting and turning proverbs was in his mind , " The legs of a lame man are not equal , so is a parable in the mouth of fools . " There was another form besides that of Estimation of ...
... afterwards , he observes , as if the idea of perverting and turning proverbs was in his mind , " The legs of a lame man are not equal , so is a parable in the mouth of fools . " There was another form besides that of Estimation of ...
45. lappuse
... afterwards transformed into a bull . Greek tradition as recorded by Plato , Xenophon , Babrius , and others , speaks of an early golden age in which men and animals held colloquies together " as in our fables ; " whence we should ...
... afterwards transformed into a bull . Greek tradition as recorded by Plato , Xenophon , Babrius , and others , speaks of an early golden age in which men and animals held colloquies together " as in our fables ; " whence we should ...
47. lappuse
... afterwards that Lucian makes Æsop act the part of a buffoon in " The Isles of the Blessed . " Such views no doubt influenced the traditions with regard to the condition and characteristics of their composer . There was the more field ...
... afterwards that Lucian makes Æsop act the part of a buffoon in " The Isles of the Blessed . " Such views no doubt influenced the traditions with regard to the condition and characteristics of their composer . There was the more field ...
56. lappuse
... Afterwards , when the trial was over , desiring to indulge his feelings of triumph and show his skill , he called for a piper , and then for a table , upon which he danced , finish- ing up by standing on his head and kicking his legs ...
... Afterwards , when the trial was over , desiring to indulge his feelings of triumph and show his skill , he called for a piper , and then for a table , upon which he danced , finish- ing up by standing on his head and kicking his legs ...
57. lappuse
... afterwards a monkey was brought in , he burst into a fit of laughter , and said , " Now this is laughable by Nature ; the other by Art . " That amusement should be thus excited by natural objects denotes a very eccentric or primitive ...
... afterwards a monkey was brought in , he burst into a fit of laughter , and said , " Now this is laughable by Nature ; the other by Art . " That amusement should be thus excited by natural objects denotes a very eccentric or primitive ...
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Æsop afterwards amusing ancient Apuleius Archilochus Aristophanes attacks Aulus Gellius Ben Jonson better Bishop Cæsar called century character church Cicero comedy comic conceits dance devil Diphilus Dosiadas doubt drama drink Ennius epigrams fables fanciful feelings folly fond fool Gabriel Harvey give Greece Greek head Hippocleides Hipponax Homer Hudibras humour imitation indelicacy indulge introduced jesters jests jokes Julius Cæsar kind King Lady Latin laugh laughter learned literature lived Lord F Lucian ludicrous Madam marry merry mind mirth monks never observes origin parasite philosophers Phrynicus Plato Plautus play pleasure poem poet pray present regarded remarkable replied rich riddles ridicule Roman satire says scarcely seems servant Simonides of Amorgos sometimes speak specimens story strange supposed sweet Sybaris talent tell thee things thou thought told wife words writings written wrote
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270. lappuse - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.
214. lappuse - And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses.
297. lappuse - Tis resolved, for Nature pleads that he Should only rule who most resembles me. Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone of all my sons is he Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense.
276. lappuse - how the world wags: Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale.
261. lappuse - Unto the general disposition ; As when some one peculiar quality Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw All his affects, his spirits, and his powers, In their confluctions, all to run one way, This may be truly said to be a humour.
36. lappuse - And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
296. lappuse - Tis snip snap, Sir, as you say; but, methinks, not pleasant, nor to the purpose, for the Play does not go on. Bayes. Play does not go on ? I don't know what you mean: why, is not this part of the Play ? 60 Smi. Yes, but the Plot stands still. Bayes. Plot stand still! why, what a Devil is the Plot good for, but to bring in fine things ? Smi.
360. lappuse - Till you, the best Vitruvius, come at length, Our beauties equal, but excel our strength. Firm Doric pillars found your solid base ; The fair Corinthian crowns the higher space : Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.