 ... discourse, or distract you so that you cannot go on, and by consequence, if they cannot be as witty as you are, they can hinder your being any wittier than they are. Thus, if you talk of a candle, he  The Spectator - Page 1141718Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison - 1864 - 470 pages
...discourse, or distract you so that you cannot go on, and by consequence, if they cannot be as witty £s you are, they can hinder your being any wittier than...a candle, he * can deal' with you; and if you ask him to help you to some bread, a punster should think himself very ' ill-bred' if he did not; and if... | |
 | Henry Morley - English drama - 1866 - 426 pages
...to them, they can turn the discourse, or distract you so that you cannot go on, and by consequence, if they cannot be as witty as you are, they can hinder...he can deal with you; and if you ask to help you to some bread, a punster should think himself very ill-bred if he did not ; and if he is not as well-bred... | |
 | Thomas Whitcombe Greene - English language - 1876 - 340 pages
...business quite as well. That which we call punning is greatly affected by men of small intellects : thus, if you talk of a candle, he can deal with you, and if you ask him for some bread, a punster should think himself very ill-bred if he did not give it ; and if he... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1885 - 568 pages
...to them, they can turn the discourse, or distract you so that you cannot go on, and by consequence, if they cannot be as witty as you are, they can hinder...candle, he ' can deal ' with you ; and if you ask him to help you to some bread, a punster should think himself very 20 ' ill-bred ' if he did not ;... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1896 - 580 pages
...to them, they can turn the discourse, or distract you so that you cannot go on, and by consequence, if they cannot be as witty as you are, they can hinder...candle, he ' can deal ' with you ; and if you ask him to help you to some bread, a punster should think himself very 20 ' ill-bred ' if he did not ;... | |
 | George Gregory Smith - 1898 - 342 pages
...to them, they can turn the Discourse, or distract you so that you cannot go on, and by Consequence if they cannot be as witty as you are, they can hinder...if you talk of a Candle, he can deal with you ; and No. 504. if you ask to help you to some Bread, a Punster should Wednef think himself very ill bred... | |
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