The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 strani |
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... satirical paper , " On Barbarous Denomina- tions in Ireland , " where ( after abusing , as he was wont , the Scotch cadence , as well as expression ) he advances to the " Irish brogue , " and speaking of the " cen- sure " which it ...
... satirical paper , " On Barbarous Denomina- tions in Ireland , " where ( after abusing , as he was wont , the Scotch cadence , as well as expression ) he advances to the " Irish brogue , " and speaking of the " cen- sure " which it ...
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... satire , even more contemptible in his eyes than a lord's chaplain , is a poor curate with a large family . The idea of this luckless paternity never fails to bring down from him gibes and foul language . Could Dick Steele , or ...
... satire , even more contemptible in his eyes than a lord's chaplain , is a poor curate with a large family . The idea of this luckless paternity never fails to bring down from him gibes and foul language . Could Dick Steele , or ...
Stran 34
... satire is here ! how just and honest ! How perfect the image ! Mr. Macaulay has quoted the charming lines of the poet , where the king of the pigmies is measured by the same standard . We have all read in Milton of the spear that was ...
... satire is here ! how just and honest ! How perfect the image ! Mr. Macaulay has quoted the charming lines of the poet , where the king of the pigmies is measured by the same standard . We have all read in Milton of the spear that was ...
Stran 65
... satire . She is practised on by the gallants of the play , and no more knows how to resist them than any of the ladies above quoted could resist Con- greve . Lady Plyant . - O ! reflect upon the honour of your conduct ! Offering to ...
... satire . She is practised on by the gallants of the play , and no more knows how to resist them than any of the ladies above quoted could resist Con- greve . Lady Plyant . - O ! reflect upon the honour of your conduct ! Offering to ...
Stran 67
... satirical humour- " Fair Amoret is gone astray , Pursue and seek her every lover ; I'll tell the signs by which you may The wandering shepherdess discover . Coquet and coy at once her air , Both studied , though both seem neglected ...
... satirical humour- " Fair Amoret is gone astray , Pursue and seek her every lover ; I'll tell the signs by which you may The wandering shepherdess discover . Coquet and coy at once her air , Both studied , though both seem neglected ...
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