The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of all ages and nations, Band 1Lionel Strachey Review of reviews Company, 1905 |
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... intelligible and amusing without being printed word for word . When we give enough of such a composition to embody its substance or to characterize fully its theme , we head the piece with the title of ix A Word from the Publishers.
... intelligible and amusing without being printed word for word . When we give enough of such a composition to embody its substance or to characterize fully its theme , we head the piece with the title of ix A Word from the Publishers.
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... of the best . The pungent and racy anecdote , smelling of the soil , that is told to illustrate a moral , or to give point to an argument , the happy allusion to some memory or tradition , the dramatic manner xix Joel Chandler Harris.
... of the best . The pungent and racy anecdote , smelling of the soil , that is told to illustrate a moral , or to give point to an argument , the happy allusion to some memory or tradition , the dramatic manner xix Joel Chandler Harris.
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... give piquancy to its peculiarities . It may be said of us , with some degree of truth , that we have a way of living humorously , and are conscious of the fact ; that our view of life and its responsibilities is , to say the least ...
... give piquancy to its peculiarities . It may be said of us , with some degree of truth , that we have a way of living humorously , and are conscious of the fact ; that our view of life and its responsibilities is , to say the least ...
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... British classics . This is inevitable , and no fault is to be found with it ; but , at the same time , the fact must be recognized that these forms and methods give rise to a certain degree of artificiality when an xxi Joel Chandler Harris.
... British classics . This is inevitable , and no fault is to be found with it ; but , at the same time , the fact must be recognized that these forms and methods give rise to a certain degree of artificiality when an xxi Joel Chandler Harris.
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... give rise to a certain degree of artificiality when an effort is made to fit American humor to their measure . In this sense , it could be said that all forms of literary expression are artificial in their nature , but it is not ...
... give rise to a certain degree of artificiality when an effort is made to fit American humor to their measure . In this sense , it could be said that all forms of literary expression are artificial in their nature , but it is not ...
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Seite 2 - If you would have a faithful servant and one that you like, serve yourself. A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
Seite 8 - This doctrine, my friends, is reason and wisdom; but, after all do not depend too much upon your own industry and frugality and prudence, though excellent things; for they may all be blasted, without the blessing of Heaven; and, therefore, ask that blessing humbly, and be not uncharitable to those that at present seem to want it, but comfort and help them. Remember Job suffered, and was afterward prosperous. " And now, to conclude, Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other...
Seite 233 - Little of all we value here Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year Without both feeling and looking queer. In fact, there's nothing that keeps its youth, So far as I know, but a tree and truth.
Seite xxvi - Hope will die fasting. There are no Gains without Pains; then Help, Hands, for I have no Lands, or if I have, they are smartly taxed.
Seite 86 - ... fretting about it, like illtempered housewives, with their peevish, discontented cry. Before the barn door strutted the gallant cock, that pattern of a husband, a warrior, and a fine gentleman, clapping his burnished wings, and crowing in the pride and gladness of his heart,— sometimes tearing up the earth with his feet, and then generously calling his ever-hungry family of wives and children to enjoy the rich morsel which he had discovered.
Seite 78 - ... population, manners, and customs remain fixed, while the great torrent of migration and improvement, which is making such incessant changes in other parts of this restless country, sweeps by them unobserved. They are like those little nooks of still water which border a rapid stream, where we may see the straw and bubble riding quietly at anchor, or slowly revolving in their mimic harbor, undisturbed by the rush of the passing current.
Seite 42 - Therefore prepare for bloody war ; These kegs must all be routed, Or surely we despised shall be, And British courage doubted." The royal band now ready stand, All ranged in dread array, sir, With stomach stout to see it out, And make a bloody day, sir. The cannons roar from shore to shore, The small arms make a rattle ; Since wars began, I'm sure no man E'er saw so strange a battle. The rebel dales, the rebel vales, With rebel trees surrounded, The distant wood, the hills and floods, With rebel...
Seite 10 - When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly employing himself in political bustles, neglecting his own affairs, and ruining them by that neglect, He pays, indeed, said I, too match for his whistle. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.
Seite xxv - ... as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says. How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that The sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that There will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
Seite 29 - I turned my head from them to an old grey-headed one who was single on another leaf, and talking to himself. Being amused with his soliloquy, I put it down in writing, in hopes it will likewise amuse her to whom I am so much indebted for the most pleasing of all amusements, her delicious company and heavenly harmony.