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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 56 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=3mm, Gew.=95gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of thi… More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 56 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=3mm, Gew.=95gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: And hence arose, with all his boasted care, Some odd mistakes, which made the reader stare. Thus German dames were beauteous to the sight, The French profoundly grave, the Dutch polite; The Scotch sincere, and Ireland's jovial sons Too dull by half to relish jokes and puns. Did Critics sneer at some unlucky guess ? Sir John's own bulls were?errors of the press: The Irish are by nature punsters: the following may serve as a specimen of an Irish pun, or blunder. Says Johnny to Paddy, " this river I'd cross, But where to take water I'm quite at a loss." " Tahe water /" cries Pad, " why I'm all in a shiver! You fool, an't there water enough in the river '" And lest upon his back the rod should fall. The printers' devils were to blame for all. But soon Sir Richard found, (sagacious elf). The Knight lov'd money, and his work the shelf; Whereat Sir Richard, of his bargain sick, And heartily repenting of the trick, Consigned the quartos to a different fate, And eas'd his counter of their pond'rous weight; To pastry-cooks dispers'd them sheet by sheet, By which Sir John was read in ev'ry street; Propitiation just, by all confest, For martyr'd truth, " and history made a jest."Somfe love a jingling rhyme with all their heart, IMITATION. " Truth saccifiz'd, and History made a jest." Where love and nonsense bear an equal part; Like Rosa's sonnets, in themselves a host, Rosa, the Sappho of the Morning Post; Or Hafiz' Madrigals, but rarely seen, A heap of sounding words which nothing mean. Some authors love in epic strains to soar, And swell to be what Homer was before; Thus Aspern's day, and Talavera's fight Have made some scribblers in their own despight. Others, the dupes of an infectious rage, Ransack ...<

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[ED: Softcover], [PU: Cambridge Scholars Publishing], Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: And hence arose, with all his boasted care, Some odd mistakes, which made the reader stare. Thus German dames were beauteous to the sight, The French profoundly grave, the Dutch polite The Scotch sincere, and Ireland's jovial sons Too dull by half to relish jokes and puns. Did Critics sneer at some unlucky guess ? Sir John's own bulls were?errors of the press: The Irish are by nature punsters: the following may serve as a specimen of an Irish pun, or blunder. Says Johnny to Paddy, " this river I'd cross, But where to take water I'm quite at a loss." " Tahe water /" cries Pad, " why I'm all in a shiver! You fool, an't there water enough in the river '" And lest upon his back the rod should fall. The printers' devils were to blame for all. But soon Sir Richard found, (sagacious elf). The Knight lov'd money, and his work the shelf Whereat Sir Richard, of his bargain sick, And heartily repenting of the trick, Consigned the quartos to a different fate, And eas'd his counter of their pond'rous weight To pastry-cooks dispers'd them sheet by sheet, By which Sir John was read in ev'ry street Propitiation just, by all confest, For martyr'd truth, " and history made a jest."Somfe love a jingling rhyme with all their heart, IMITATION. " Truth saccifiz'd, and History made a jest." Where love and nonsense bear an equal part Like Rosa's sonnets, in themselves a host, Rosa, the Sappho of the Morning Post Or Hafiz' Madrigals, but rarely seen, A heap of sounding words which nothing mean. Some authors love in epic strains to soar, And swell to be what Homer was before Thus Aspern's day, and Talavera's fight Have made some scribblers in their own despight. Others, the dupes of an infectious rage, Ransack ...Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen, [SC: 0.00]<

ISBN: 9780217764858

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[ED: Softcover], [PU: Cambridge Scholars Publishing], Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This… More...

[ED: Softcover], [PU: Cambridge Scholars Publishing], Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: And hence arose, with all his boasted care, Some odd mistakes, which made the reader stare. Thus German dames were beauteous to the sight, The French profoundly grave, the Dutch polite The Scotch sincere, and Ireland's jovial sons Too dull by half to relish jokes and puns. Did Critics sneer at some unlucky guess ? Sir John's own bulls were?errors of the press: The Irish are by nature punsters: the following may serve as a specimen of an Irish pun, or blunder. Says Johnny to Paddy, " this river I'd cross, But where to take water I'm quite at a loss." " Tahe water /" cries Pad, " why I'm all in a shiver! You fool, an't there water enough in the river '" And lest upon his back the rod should fall. The printers' devils were to blame for all. But soon Sir Richard found, (sagacious elf). The Knight lov'd money, and his work the shelf Whereat Sir Richard, of his bargain sick, And heartily repenting of the trick, Consigned the quartos to a different fate, And eas'd his counter of their pond'rous weight To pastry-cooks dispers'd them sheet by sheet, By which Sir John was read in ev'ry street Propitiation just, by all confest, For martyr'd truth, " and history made a jest."Somfe love a jingling rhyme with all their heart, IMITATION. " Truth saccifiz'd, and History made a jest." Where love and nonsense bear an equal part Like Rosa's sonnets, in themselves a host, Rosa, the Sappho of the Morning Post Or Hafiz' Madrigals, but rarely seen, A heap of sounding words which nothing mean. Some authors love in epic strains to soar, And swell to be what Homer was before Thus Aspern's day, and Talavera's fight Have made some scribblers in their own despight. Others, the dupes of an infectious rage, Ransack ...Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen, [SC: 0.00]<