The Tin Trumpet: Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish. To which are Added Poetical Selections, Volume 1E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836 |
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Page 28
... delight . Perpetual sunshine would soon be found more annoying than an alternation of the seasons ; so would a continuous youth be more irksome than the gradual ap- proach of old age . Existence may be compared to a drum , which has ...
... delight . Perpetual sunshine would soon be found more annoying than an alternation of the seasons ; so would a continuous youth be more irksome than the gradual ap- proach of old age . Existence may be compared to a drum , which has ...
Page 35
... delight in prolonging , to the last gasp , the agonies of the impaled bait , and of the wretched fish writhing with a barb in its entrails . The high priest of anglers is that demure destroyer , old Izaak Walton , who may be literally ...
... delight in prolonging , to the last gasp , the agonies of the impaled bait , and of the wretched fish writhing with a barb in its entrails . The high priest of anglers is that demure destroyer , old Izaak Walton , who may be literally ...
Page 36
... delight in catching shrieking fish . " This is not so clear . Old Izaak , their patriarch , would have probably main- tained that the shriek was a cry of pleasure . We willingly leave the anglers to their rod , for they deserve it , and ...
... delight in catching shrieking fish . " This is not so clear . Old Izaak , their patriarch , would have probably main- tained that the shriek was a cry of pleasure . We willingly leave the anglers to their rod , for they deserve it , and ...
Page 45
... delighted the good folks of the fifteenth century . The pictures of Rubens preserve the richness of their broad tints , which we can admire without being blind to the vulgarity of his taste and his bad drawing , for his females are ...
... delighted the good folks of the fifteenth century . The pictures of Rubens preserve the richness of their broad tints , which we can admire without being blind to the vulgarity of his taste and his bad drawing , for his females are ...
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... delight , not only on his contemporaries , but on a long succession of generations . The races of spectators who have been gratified by the beau- tiful products of Grecian art , form , perhaps , but a tithe of those who are to succeed ...
... delight , not only on his contemporaries , but on a long succession of generations . The races of spectators who have been gratified by the beau- tiful products of Grecian art , form , perhaps , but a tithe of those who are to succeed ...
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abuse admiration ANTISTROPHE asked Athanasian Creed badger-baiting beauty become believe better biped Bishop Bishop Burnet blessing blind blind goddess character Christianity Church creatures cried death Deity delight divine earth England epicure equally evanescent evil exclaimed eyes fear feel fools former fortune give happy head heart heaven honour human imagine imitation Jack Ketch Jack-o'-lantern king latter less live look Lord Lord Brougham Lord G man's ment mind miserable moral Muggletonian nation nature Nebuchadnezzar neighbours never nonsense verses object once opinion ourselves party perpetually pleasure poor possess present pride racter reason reform religion religious render replied rich Robert Boyle rotten boroughs says seldom sense society sometimes soul spirit talent Tantara-ra Tertullian thee things thou thought tion tithes truth virtue Voltaire whole word write