| Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1857 - Страниц: 564
...WORST PUNS ARE THE BEST. IF by worst be only meant the most far-fetched and startling, we agree to it. A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit....less comic for being dragged in sometimes by the head arid shoulders. What though it limp a little, or prove defective in one leg — all the better. A pun... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1867 - Страниц: 576
...PUNS АПЕ THE BEST. IF by worst be only meant the most far-fetched and startling, we agree to it. A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit....feather to tickle the intellect. It is an antic which docs not stand upon manners, but comes bounding into the presence, and does not show the less comic... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1869 - Страниц: 852
...WORST PUNS ABE THE BEST. IF by worst be only meant the most far-fetched and startling, we agree to it. A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit....is an antic which does not stand upon manners, but cornea bounding into the presence, and does not show the less comic for being dragged in sometimes... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1871 - Страниц: 484
...WORST PUNS ARE THE BEST. IF by worst be only meant the most far-fetched and startling, we agree to it. A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit....; not a feather to tickle the intellect. It is an VOL. in. 28 antic which does not stand upon manners, but comea bounding into the presence, and does... | |
| John Timbs - 1874 - Страниц: 360
...abridged : — " If by the worst he only meant the most far-fetched and startling, we agree to it. A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit....is an antic which does not stand upon manners, but conies bounding into the presence, and does not show the less comic for being dragged in sometimes... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1876 - Страниц: 740
...Magazine, January, 1826.) IF by worst be only meant the most far-fetched and startling, we agree to it. A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit....bounding into the presence, and does not show the less coming for being dragged in sometimes by the head and shoulders. What though it limp a little, or prove... | |
| Lord William Pitt Lennox - 1877 - Страниц: 378
...puns are the best." If by worst he only meant the most far-fetched and startling, we agree to it. " A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol lot off at the ear ; not a feather to tickle the intellect. It is an antic which does not stand upon... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1885 - Страниц: 296
...Magazine, January, 1826.) IF by worst be only meant the most far-fetched and startling, we r.gree to it. A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit....bounding into the presence, and does not show the less coming for being dragged in sometimes by the head and shoulders. What though it limp a little, or prove... | |
| 1886 - Страниц: 152
...satisfy the coarser demands of the more vulgar portion of his patrons. Charles Lamb describes a pun as " a pistol let off at the ear, not a feather to tickle the intellect." Shakespeare contrived thus to take by storm the ears of those whose intellects were not susceptible... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1890 - Страниц: 584
...meant the most far-fetched and startling, we agree to it. A pun is not bound by the laws which hmit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle tho intellect. It is an antic which does not stand upon manners, but comes bounding into th» presence,... | |
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