Author: Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
List of members in each volume.
Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art
Author: Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
List of members in each volume.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
List of members in each volume.
Report & Transactions
Author: Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Devon (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 1188
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Devon (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 1188
Book Description
West-country Poets
Author: William Henry Kearley Wright
Publisher: London, E. Stock
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Publisher: London, E. Stock
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art
Author: Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Devon (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
List of members in each volume.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Devon (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
List of members in each volume.
The English Spy: An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous Comprising Scenes And Sketches in Every Rank of Society Being Portraits Drawn From the Life
Author: Bernard Blackmantle
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1613109970
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Let me have good proof of your greediness to devour my labours, and I will dish up such a meal for you in my next volume, as shall go nigh to produce extermination by surfeit. One favour, alone, I crave—give me abuse enough; let no squeamish pretences of respect for my bookseller, or disguised qualms of apprehension for your own sacred persons, deter the natural inclination of your hearts. The slightest deviation from your usual course to independent writers—or one step towards commendation from your gang, might induce the public to believe I had abandoned my character, and become one of yourhonourable fraternity-the very suspicion of which would (to me) produce irretrievable ruin. Your masters, the trading brotherhood, will (as usual) direct you in the course you should pursue; whether to approve or condemn, as their 'peculiar interests may dictate. Most sapient sirs of the secret bandit' of the screen, inquisitors of literature, raise all your arms and heels, your daggers, masks, and hatchets, to revenge the daring of an open foe, who thus boldly defies your base and selfish views; for, basking at his ease in the sunshine of public patronage, he feels that his heart is rendered invulnerable to yourpoisoned shafts. Read, and you shall find I have not been parsimonious of the means to grant you foodand pleasure: errors there are, no doubt, and plenty of them, grammatical and typographical, all of which I might have corrected by an errata at the end of my volume; but I disdain the wish to rob you of your office, and have therefore left them just where I made them, without a single note to mark them out; for if all the thistles were rooted up, what would become of the asses? or of those "Who pin their easy faith on critic's sleeve, And, knowing nothing, ev'ry thing believe?" Fully satisfied that swarms of literary blow flies will pounce upon the errors with delight, and, buzzing with the ecstasy of infernal joy, endeavour to hum their readers into a belief of the profundity of their critic erudition;—I shall nevertheless, with Churchill, laughingly exclaim—"Perish my muse"
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1613109970
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Let me have good proof of your greediness to devour my labours, and I will dish up such a meal for you in my next volume, as shall go nigh to produce extermination by surfeit. One favour, alone, I crave—give me abuse enough; let no squeamish pretences of respect for my bookseller, or disguised qualms of apprehension for your own sacred persons, deter the natural inclination of your hearts. The slightest deviation from your usual course to independent writers—or one step towards commendation from your gang, might induce the public to believe I had abandoned my character, and become one of yourhonourable fraternity-the very suspicion of which would (to me) produce irretrievable ruin. Your masters, the trading brotherhood, will (as usual) direct you in the course you should pursue; whether to approve or condemn, as their 'peculiar interests may dictate. Most sapient sirs of the secret bandit' of the screen, inquisitors of literature, raise all your arms and heels, your daggers, masks, and hatchets, to revenge the daring of an open foe, who thus boldly defies your base and selfish views; for, basking at his ease in the sunshine of public patronage, he feels that his heart is rendered invulnerable to yourpoisoned shafts. Read, and you shall find I have not been parsimonious of the means to grant you foodand pleasure: errors there are, no doubt, and plenty of them, grammatical and typographical, all of which I might have corrected by an errata at the end of my volume; but I disdain the wish to rob you of your office, and have therefore left them just where I made them, without a single note to mark them out; for if all the thistles were rooted up, what would become of the asses? or of those "Who pin their easy faith on critic's sleeve, And, knowing nothing, ev'ry thing believe?" Fully satisfied that swarms of literary blow flies will pounce upon the errors with delight, and, buzzing with the ecstasy of infernal joy, endeavour to hum their readers into a belief of the profundity of their critic erudition;—I shall nevertheless, with Churchill, laughingly exclaim—"Perish my muse"
The English Spy: an Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous
Author: Charles Molloy Westmacott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
The English Spy: An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous
Author: C. M. Westmacott
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 747
Book Description
Experience the wit and humor of C.M. Westmacott in his classic work, "The English Spy." This satirical and humorous book vividly portrays life in 19th-century English society through scenes and sketches featuring characters from every social rank. With its insightful commentary and sharp observations, The English Spy is a must-read for anyone interested in literature and the complexities of human behavior.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 747
Book Description
Experience the wit and humor of C.M. Westmacott in his classic work, "The English Spy." This satirical and humorous book vividly portrays life in 19th-century English society through scenes and sketches featuring characters from every social rank. With its insightful commentary and sharp observations, The English Spy is a must-read for anyone interested in literature and the complexities of human behavior.
Masterpieces of Wit and Humor
Author: Robert Jones Burdette
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Report and Transactions - The Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art
Author: Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Devon (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
Book Description
List of members.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Devon (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
Book Description
List of members.
Index to the Periodicals of 1890-1902
Author: The Review of reviews
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indexes
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indexes
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description