 | Washington Irving - 1835 - Страниц: 194
...all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and mnch too acid for some stomachs; but honest good humonr is the oil and wine of a merry meeting , and there...adventures , in some of which the parson had been a sharer; thongh in looking at the latter, it required some effort of imagination to figure snch a little dark... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1846 - Страниц: 356
...contagious ; he was happy himself, and disposed to make all the world happy ; " From I'oor Robin's Almuuack. and the little eccentricities of his humour did but...and there is no jovial companionship equal to that, wher£ the jokes are rather small, and the laughter abundant. The Squire told several long stories... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - Страниц: 524
...all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some stomachs ; but honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there...to that where the jokes are rather small, and the laughtef abundant. The squire told several long stories of early college pranks and adventures, in... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - Страниц: 774
...are moro faults in the humour than in the mind. La, Jtocltefoucauld. HUMOUH-Good. Honest good-humoxir is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there...jokes are rather small and the laughter abundant. H'<(.»A iti'jtvn Iri'itiff. HtTMOtTK— guided by Judgment. The union of genuine, rich humour with... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - Страниц: 524
...mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some stomachs ; but honest good-humor is the nil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial...abundant. The Squire told several long stories of early oillege pranks and adventures, in some of which the parson hail been a sharer ; though in lookin;l"t... | |
 | Treasury - 1868 - Страниц: 148
...shall save his soul alive ; all alive ! alive O ! " Horace Walpoli. GOOD HUMOUR. Honest good-humour is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there...jokes are rather small and the laughter abundant. Washington I^ving. BEER AND BRITANNIA. What two ideas are more inseparable than Beer and Britannia?... | |
 | Albert Walker - 1873 - Страниц: 276
...should be hung up by the tongue, and tale-hearers by the ears. Shelley. GOOD HUMOUR. Honest good-humour is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there...jokes are rather small, and the laughter abundant. Washington Irving. GUILT. All fear, but fear of Heaven, betrays a guilt, And guilt is villainy. Lee.... | |
 | 1874 - Страниц: 386
...adage, is relished by the wisest people and if Washington Irving may be believed, there is no social companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and the laughter abundant. It is generally considered that nonsense ought to be administered sparingly by infinitesimal doses,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - Страниц: 768
...ignorance into an amiable simplicity, and render deformity itself agreeable. . ADDISON. Honest good-humour is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there...jokes are rather small and the laughter abundant. WASHINGTON IRVING. Gayety is to good-humour as perfumes to vegetable fragrance : the one overpowers... | |
 | Arthur B. Davison - 1880 - Страниц: 396
...if Varilas had wit, it would be the best wit in the world. Steele, Spectator, No. 100. GOOD HUMOUR. HONEST good humour is the oil and wine of a merry...jokes are rather small and the laughter abundant. Washington Irving, Bracebridgc Hall. GRACE. THERE is sometimes in persons and things a certain invisible... | |
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... not exactly do for a lady's ear ; and though I cannot positively affirm that there was much wit uttered, yet I have certainly heard many contests of rare wit produce much less laughter. Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much... 
