Lectures on the English PoetsWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 255 páginas |
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... Hudibras is a poem of more wit than any other in the language . The rhymes have as much genius in them as the thoughts ; but there is no story in it , and but little humour . Humour is the making others act or talk absurdly and uncon ...
... Hudibras is a poem of more wit than any other in the language . The rhymes have as much genius in them as the thoughts ; but there is no story in it , and but little humour . Humour is the making others act or talk absurdly and uncon ...
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... Hudibras , ' compares the change of night into day to the change of colour in a boiled lobster . " The sun had long since , in the lap Of Thetis , taken out his nap ; And , like a lobster boil'd , the morn From black to red began to ...
... Hudibras , ' compares the change of night into day to the change of colour in a boiled lobster . " The sun had long since , in the lap Of Thetis , taken out his nap ; And , like a lobster boil'd , the morn From black to red began to ...
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... Hudibras ' is sterling wit and profound satire , where , speak- ing of certain religious hypocrites , he says , that they " Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to ; " but the wit consists in the ...
... Hudibras ' is sterling wit and profound satire , where , speak- ing of certain religious hypocrites , he says , that they " Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to ; " but the wit consists in the ...
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... Hudibras . ' He also ex- cels in the invention of single words and names , which have the effect of wit by sounding big , and meaning nothing : - " full of sound and fury , signifying nothing . " But of the artifices of this author's ...
... Hudibras . ' He also ex- cels in the invention of single words and names , which have the effect of wit by sounding big , and meaning nothing : - " full of sound and fury , signifying nothing . " But of the artifices of this author's ...
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... Hudibras . ' It contains speci- mens of every variety of drollery and satire , and those specimens crowded together into almost every page . The proof of this is , that nearly one half of his lines are got by heart , and quoted for ...
... Hudibras . ' It contains speci- mens of every variety of drollery and satire , and those specimens crowded together into almost every page . The proof of this is , that nearly one half of his lines are got by heart , and quoted for ...
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