Lord Stanhope, then (now Lord Chesterfield), Lord Herbert, &c., were members. Epigrams were proposed to be written on the glasses, by each member after dinner ; once, when Dr. Young was invited thither, the Doctor would have declined writing, because... Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters, of Books and Men - Página 286por Joseph Spence - 1858 - 396 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 páginas
...glace. Le lord Chesterfield lui prêta son crayon, dont la tête était de diamant ; et Pope écrivit : Accept a miracle instead of wit See two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ.** * Ainsi la petite épigramme nous amuse et nous charme par son esprit en miniature. ** Accepter un... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 532 páginas
...Should you even write as ill as you can, your letters would be published as curiosities : * Behold a miracle ! instead of wit, ' See two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ/' He gave us an entertaining account of Bet Flint? a woman of the town, who, with some eecentrick talents... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 562 páginas
...Should you even write as ill as you can, your letters would be published as curiosities : ' Behold a miracle ! instead of wit, ' See two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ." He gave us an entertaining account of Bet Flint, a woman of the town, who, with some eccentrick talents... | |
| George Gregory - 1808 - 352 páginas
...this kind of poem. It was written on glass with the diamond pencil of the late Lord Chesterfield — " Accept a miracle, instead of wit; " See two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ." Martial is the author among the antients whose poems approach the nearest to the modern idea of epigram.... | |
| John Selden - 1818 - 678 páginas
...it. Should you even write as ill as you can, your letters would be published as curiosities: ' Behold a miracle ! instead of wit, ' See two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ,' Johnson's attention to precision and clearness in expression was very remarkable. He disapproved of... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1819 - 368 páginas
...Wit may sometimes, indeed, be shewn in compliments as well as satire; as in the common epigram — " Accept a miracle, instead of wit : See two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ." But then the mode of paying it is playful and ironical, and contradicts itself in the very act of making... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 412 páginas
...it. Should you even write as ill as you can, your letters would be published as curiosities: ' Behold a miracle ! instead of wit, See two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ.' " He gave us an entertaining account of Bet Flint, :i woman of the town, who, with some eccentrick... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 506 páginas
...Should you even write as ill as you can, your letters would be published as curiosities : ' Behold a miracle ! instead of wit, ' See two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ.' " He gave us an entertaining account of Bet Flint, a woman of the town, who with some eccentrick talents... | |
| John Bull - 1825 - 782 páginas
...King's Head in Pall Mall, arrogantly called •• The World." Kpigrams were proposed to be written on the glasses, by each member after dinner ; once when...the doctor would have declined writing, because he hail no diamond : Lord Stanhope lent him his, und he wrote immediately — " Accept a miracle, instead... | |
| Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - 1825 - 370 páginas
...Should you even write as ill as you can, your letters would be published as curiosities : ' Behold a miracle ! instead of wit, See two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ.' " Johnson's attention to precision and clearness in expression was very remarkable. He disapproved... | |
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