Charlee the Second's time, and invented by one of the first wits of that age. What care I, if by some extravagance, some unaccountable absurdity, I am made momentarily to forget the things which prey upon my mind ? I am satisfied ; — and if Mr. Delaville,... Gurney Married: A Sequel to Gilbert Gurney - Seite 263von Theodore Edward Hook - 1838Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1837 - 604 Seiten
...the things which prey upon my mind? I am satisfied ; — and if Mr. Delaville, whose real name is iu all probability Dobbs, Dobbins, or Doddle, diverts...rational people were not so rare. Well, I was fairly iu for the evening's entertainment ; and, to say truth, not altogether sorry for it. And accordingly... | |
| John Bull - 1825 - 782 Seiten
...hope anil sleep, as a compensation for the many cares of lire. He might have added laughter, if trre wit and originality of humour, necessary to excite it among rational people, .were not so rare»" At the conclusion of KANT'S discourse, several of the assembly sought at once to deliver their opinions,but... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1837 - 610 Seiten
...myself very much indebted to the said Dobbs, Dobbins, or Doddle, as the case may be. Voltaire says tbat Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation...excite it among rational people were not so rare. commencement of the performances, and we subsequently packed up and on our road to the playhouse. The... | |
| 1856 - 372 Seiten
...Providence has given us hope and sleep, as a compensation for the many cares of life. He might have added laughter, if the wit and originality of humour, necessary...excite it among rational people, were not so rare. — Kant. DCCCCXCIIL Hypocrisy itself does great honour, or rather justice, to religion, and tacitly... | |
| 1837 - 610 Seiten
...about the stage with his head peeping out of a barrel was thought a very good jest in King Charlee the Second's time, and invented by one of the first...the performances, and we subsequently packed up and on our road to the playhouse. The building to which we had been attracted was but of " pretension«... | |
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