A Book of Famous WitsMethuen, 1913 - 326 Seiten |
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Seite 25 - 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!
Seite 108 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenlyj affecting not to mind him.
Seite 37 - London from all other cities; that the coffee-house was the Londoner's home, and that those who wished to find a gentleman commonly asked, not whether he lived in Fleet Street or Chancery Lane, but whether he frequented the Grecian or the Rainbow.
Seite 254 - Buccleugh-place, the elevated residence of the then Mr. Jeffrey. I proposed that we should set up a Review ; this was acceded to with acclamation. I was appointed Editor, and remained long enough in Edinburgh to edit the first number of the Edinburgh Review. The motto I proposed for the Review was, " Tenui musam meditamur avena." " We cultivate literature upon a little oatmeal.
Seite 29 - CRANFORD. MARY BARTON. NORTH AND SOUTH. Gerard (Dorothea). HOLY MATRIMONY. THE CONQUEST OF LONDON. MADE OF MONEY. Glssing(G.). THE TOWN TRAVELLER. THE CROWN OF LIFE. Glanville (Ernest). THE INCA'S TREASURE. THE KLOOF BRIDE. Gleig (Charles). BUNTER'S CRUISE. Grimm (The Brothers). GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES. Hope (Anthony).
Seite 27 - Welcome all who lead or follow To the Oracle of Apollo, — Here he speaks out of his pottle, Or the tripos, his tower bottle: All his answers are divine, Truth itself doth flow in wine. Hang up all the poor hop-drinkers, Cries old Sim, the king of skinkers ;* He the half of life abuses, That sits watering with the Muses.
Seite 74 - I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!
Seite 139 - The flash of Wit, the bright Intelligence, The beam of Song, the blaze of Eloquence, Set with their Sun, but still have left behind The enduring produce of immortal Mind ; Fruits of a genial morn, and glorious noon, A deathless part of him who died too soon.
Seite 29 - Anstey (F.). A BAYARD OF BENGAL. Austen (J-). PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. Bagot (Richard). A ROMAN MYSTERY.
Seite 130 - No, no, it is not a good imitation of Johnson : it has all his pomp without his force ; it has all the nodosities of the oak without its strength.