| 单词 | humourist |
| 例句 | Manchester is the latest, with its very own boating lake newly-opened in the Piccadilly canal basin by those wondrous and imaginative humourists the Office for Subversive Architecture. Manchester opens inner city boating lake 2012-07-06T10:00:00Z Yet at 29, he is arguably the wittiest American humourist of his generation. Simon Rich: the funniest man in America? 2013-07-16T19:00:00Z The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a short story by the US humourist James Thurber, first published in the New Yorker magazine in 1939. Sacha Baron Cohen tipped for Walter Mitty remake 2010-04-19T14:14:00Z To some these faults may have portray him as some rebellious humourist, but to most his behaviour is merely boorish. Chris Moyles: are you happy to see him go? 2012-07-11T11:47:31Z The jovial humourist that guides us through Travels with My Aunt was a part of him – but by no means the whole. Travels with My Aunt and the many shades of Greene 2012-06-15T14:32:11Z Miles of daft behaviour followed, the highlight being Allam's smug laugh – "Madame is a humourist?" – as Douglas bartered with Carolyn over a bottle of whisky. Cabin Pressure; In Concert: a week in radio 2013-01-10T18:00:01Z Terry Fox told a city council meeting the humourist's material did not "reflect our city's values". Roy 'Chubby' Brown: Sheffield cancellation supported by council 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z But supporters of the patchwork-jacketed "blue" humourist, who some feel is racist and sexist, reacted angrily when the show was pulled. Roy 'Chubby' Brown: Sheffield cancellation sparks backlash 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z “He was so popular that many humourists strove to imitate him, so distinctive that none ever quite got him right.” On this day: Died April 10, 2015: Richie Benaud, cricketer and broadcaster 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z “I didn’t quite understand just what it was he wanted to do to me,” the humourist Robert Benchley wrote after being approached by one of the authors. Question time: my life as a quiz obsessive 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z The US humourist and writer David Sedaris tells us about walking in cities from Raleigh to Reykjavik. It's fascinating, the things you see when you’re out on foot | David Sedaris 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Actor Samuel L Jackson described Cathey as a "brilliant actor, humourist and friend". House of Cards 'Freddy' actor dies at 59 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z Blurb: Coined in 1907 by the American humourist Gelett Burgess, "blurb" was first found on a comic book jacket embellished with a drawing of a young lady whom Burgess dubbed "Miss Belinda Blurb". The next Harry Potter words to join the dictionary? - BBC News 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z In 1973 Loriot, West Germany’s most incisive humourist, chose it for the title of an anthology of cartoons skewering his country’s bourgeois pretensions. The end of Heile Welt 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z "I don't know what you call that - a humourist? A satirist? A pessimistic comedian? I don't know. Satirists can be very dark." Egypt satirist Bassem Youssef on revolutions, superheroes and spies - BBC News 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z The internet humourist known as @looks for reasons why the Republican Party would continue to vote against the Affordable Care Act. News tweets: Snowden, A-Rod and Cowell 2013-08-02T23:03:10Z Internet humourist @saw a clear benefit in this week. Tweets of the week: Edward Snowden, Hillary Clinton and Yeezus 2013-06-14T23:11:30Z Now, the undergraduate contributor to the press is seldom successful as a humourist. Aspects of Modern Oxford 2012-04-25T02:01:12.193Z It is an ugly charge, and indeed Thackeray's whole portrait of the humourist is harshly painted. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Sterne has no doubt in a very eminent degree the sense of contrast, which all the best critics admit to be the root of humour—the note of the humourist. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2012-03-28T02:00:26.907Z "All the way to where?" inquired that economical humourist, Miss Veronica Vereker. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z The humourist of mean order is a refreshing laugher, giving tone to the feelings, and sometimes allowing the feelings to be too much for him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z "Is she young and fair, Grimes?" asked a humourist. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 28th, 1916 2012-02-23T03:00:40.467Z It is perhaps expected that one should, in a measure, apologize for the eccentricities of Urquhart's character and literary style, by explaining that he was a humourist. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z Or is he merely a great humourist, revelling in the mirth, the absurdities, the ridiculous phases of character, which show themselves on the surface of life? The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z A humourist was heard imploring his friends to hold him back. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z But the humourist, if high, has an embrace of contrasts beyond the scope of the comic poet.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z But it is as a brilliant humourist and satirist that he is remembered, in connexion with his fictitious character “Sam Slick.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z The relentless humourist took not the slightest notice. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z The character-painting in Terence is altogether free from the tendency to exaggeration and caricature which is the besetting fault of some of the greatest humourists. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Within the last three years perfect specimens of humourist have been offered for as low as $18, and the dealer showed me one for $7.50—probably a tourist. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z “Why, what a humourist he is, isn't he, Zina?” said the lady of the house. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z Surely there was some particular reason for this celebrity of an American humourist in Norway over and above the excellence of his work, which one would have thought difficult to do justice by in translation? Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z His message was delivered by that youthful humourist with elaborate ceremony,—this was in the pre-Willesden-Green days,—coupled with a confident assurance that it portended either a proposal of marriage or "the sack." A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z The dictum of a modern humourist, that to laugh at a man properly you must first love him, would have seemed to an ancient Roman a contradiction in terms. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z It had, in fact, provided professional humourists and caricaturists with quite a new field of industry. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z He was never gay, never effusive, leaving these attributes to his talkative brother-in-law, Tom Appleton, who was a wit and a humourist. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z The summer following this affair of the heart witnessed another visit to London, where she heard Mr. Thackeray's lectures on the humourists. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z Hugo, in short, gave his support to the unconscious humourist who complained of Paradise Lost that it proved nothing. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z But, on the other hand, the careless ease and prodigal productiveness of his genius entitle him to take certainly a high rank in the second class of humourists. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z But let me not be “too previous,” as humourists say. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z One Brunskill, shoemaker and rustic humourist, is still remembered as being by far the cleverest clown who figured at these Stangings. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z Mr. Dickens is a great observer and a great humourist, but he is nothing of a philosopher. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z But the humourist in him was no less tickled by many popular absurdities; and he had enough philosophy to enjoy the eternal dispute between free-will and predestination. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z Those writers who have this last in unusual measure become the favourite humourists of the world. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z There, in that poor melancholy looking tenement, the delightful humourist found the home in which he breathed his last on Saturday, the 27th December, 1834. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z Neither was he a great humourist; but when he was in humorous vein his humour was dry and good. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z She is a good deal of a humourist, and something of a satirist; but she is neither Dickens nor Thackeray. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z But the genuine humourist sees something in that feature itself, as nature shaped it, to excite his facetiousness. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z Dickens could not have become what he is to the great multitude of his readers had he, as a humourist, often indulged in this cynical mood. Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z And some of these roughneck humourists will congratulate us on golf becoming one of the vital, red-blooded sports! Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z This attracted the attention of old Jonas, who fixed his small glittering eyes on the old humourist. The Bishop and the Boogerman 2011-06-12T02:00:07.497Z The humourist was playing with the too serious mind. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z Keble's smile, and he is said to have had one, was the grave, bright smile of the contented and joyful spirit, not the secret and refreshing twinkle of the humourist. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z On the other hand, certainly he at times makes his characters more laughable than nature; few great humourists have so persistently sought to efface the line which separates the barely possible from the morally probable. Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z In a letter written in 1879, Miss Boyle gives an interesting description of the Irish humourist. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z But his eyes, although small, were very bright, and his mouth was that of a humourist. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z The figures of the humourists live and move before our eyes. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z Sometimes, however, Swift throws off the disguise of the humourist, and speaks seriously and in his own name. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z Dickens, it is very clear, had been unable to resist the temptation of at once drawing upon the vast addition to his literary capital as a humourist. Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z In Ireland Lever and Shiel had been bitterly opposed to each other, but meeting in a foreign city, their political animosities were forgotten, and they fraternised as Irish exiles and Irish humourists. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z He was the humourist of the party, a flourishing author; by some compared with Jean Paul, by others with B�rne, and his satirical bees fluttered around a flowery abundance of pictures. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z Mutual estrangement ensued: his speech met with a lukewarm reception, the matadors of the assembly, the political doctor, the picturesque humourist, gave no token of approval, and therefore the crowd also remained silent. Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z "It's to be a humourist's dinner, and they've made me the guest of the evening—by way of a joke to begin with," he said with that dry smile again. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Oliver Twist, like the Sketches, was illustrated by George Cruikshank, a pencil humourist of no common calibre, but as a rule ugly with the whole virtuous intention of his heart. Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z "They are the staff of 'The Mail,'" replied the humourist. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z He was not a humourist, and his narrative was not at all embellished. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z The astonished humourist finished his joke on the floor. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z The laird, who was himself a bit of a humourist, readily entered into the spirit of the jest, and immediately set about its execution. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 The patrician humourist, thus flatteringly introduced into the conversation, readily took up his parable. "Pip" A Romance of Youth Her report gave Mr Craigie the strongest sensation that had stirred that good-natured humourist for many a day. The Spy in Black Miss Holly, Howard, was an only daughter, and brought up by an old humourist of a father, whose idol she was, whilst she yielded every sense to his guidance. The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. I He found the humourist’s door ajar, and Wearyworld listening at it. The Little Minister Fancy a humourist married to a woman who cannot see a joke! Her Royal Highness Woman "Oh, Mister, please don't say that!" wailed some humourist in the crowd. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction The humourist was clearly so pleased with his jest that no further debate was to be apprehended, and his wife went out to write the letter. The Spy in Black The conclusion of our Reverend humourist's epistle is capital. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) To avoid Chirsty, the humourist’s wife, Jean sought Haggart at his workshop window, which was so small that an old book sufficed for its shutter. The Little Minister His manners, it is true, are tinctured with some strange inconsistencies; and he may be justly termed an humourist in a nation of humourists. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time This set the crowd in a roar, for though the humourist had no sister Molly, the retort was accepted as a very neat method of putting an end to impertinence. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction It had been her fate to marry a confirmed domestic humourist, but she bore her burden stoically. The Spy in Black The clerestory windows are decidedly Rhenish in character, resembling, says one antiquary, who is a humourist if nothing else, an ace of clubs. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine "Wine," one kind of humourist might answer; "More water," another: and both rightly. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Mr. Leech, his chief contributor, and some kindred humourists with pencil and pen, have served Mr. Punch admirably.... English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. And yet there are those who claim to be humourists, whose humour consists only in wild irregular fancies and distortions of thought. Talkers With Illustrations Mr. Bickerstaff himself is a gentleman and a scholar, a humourist, and a man of the world; with a great deal of nice easy naïveté about him. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature Machine, rider and passenger stopped for breath and I made bold to ask the intrepid humourist if he suffered from a too keen sense of smell or a saw edge collar. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" It has been said of Sydney Smith that he was not only a humourist, but a "good-humourist," and this is undoubtedly true. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing Hypercriticism, happily, would be out of place in a work dealing with caricaturists and graphic humourists of the nineteenth century. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. That grand old humourist Gogol has had no successors. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Or it may be the Chorus was composed—as in the comedies of Aristophanes, the greatest humourist the world has ever seen—of birds, or of frogs, or even of clouds. Lectures Delivered in America in 1874 The real American humourist, however small his canvas, strives for the same broad effects. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations I was in much the same position as Old Rowley, that royal humourist, whom “the rogue had taken into his confidence.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) Browne indeed finds a place here more by virtue of his book illustrations than by reason of any just pretensions to be considered a graphic humourist. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. I have known his claim to the title of "humourist" called in question by precisians: nobody could deny him the title of good-humourist. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 Much must be allowed for the exaggeration of a humourist, but the frivolity of women is a theme upon which Addison harps continually. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) Near to England's great humourist, toward his feet, lie Doctor Johnson and Garrick, while near them lies Thomas Campbell. Dickens' London But when he infers that Godwin was also the first English writer who recognised in Cervantes a great humourist, satirist, moralist, and artist, he seems to me to overlook Fielding and others. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) In this direction there was in 1836, a very embarras de richesses, for, if comic artists were few, there was on the other hand no lack of humourists of the highest order of merit. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. Lucy exploded, and had to kiss the unconscious humourist. Love and Lucy A first survey of my subject led me for a moment to doubt how far my title would cover the creations of that incomparable humourist. The Eighteenth Century in English Caricature Exhibition of the works of the English humourists, 79. Dickens' London Both, too, were masters of a vigorous style, and original humourists. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) It is a handsome and important volume of 400 pages; the letterpress being a brightly written commentary, abounding with illustrative gossip, on the caricature of the century and the merits of its graphic humourists.... English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. An amazing humourist, and very much given to quizzing. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 The introduction of the word 'bourgeois' as a comminatory epithet into the English language, by bourgeois writers writing for the bourgeois, will remain a memorial for ever, for the philological humourist to chuckle over. Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences Much could be written of this genuine humourist. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 The opinion entertained of him by the humourists of the day is abundantly evidenced in their correspondence. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Covering an area so boundless in extent, it is scarcely surprising that Mr. Parton should devote only thirty of his pages to the consideration of English caricaturists and graphic humourists of the nineteenth century. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. Thomas Thorpe, who wrote the dedication, was not only a piratical publisher, but also a humourist. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Japan has too often been the butt of the humourist. The Empire of the East He had a merry wit, and his running commentary would have been invaluable "copy" to America's pet humourist, Bill Nye. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 The man is a great jester, not a great humourist. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges To take in the later humourists, would be to carry the work beyond the limits which I had originally assigned to it. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. It is always the humourist," he murmured, "who is ambitious to write a tragedy—and vice versâ. The Master Mummer He was evidently a great humourist, and amused us at dinner by relating anecdotes of Lord Rodney and Admiral Benbow’s time. A Sailor of King George I merely dwell upon this to show how inscrutable are the mental processes in the crowning puzzle of the great humourist Nature, the writing man. Old Familiar Faces Contrast these with the writings of our present humourists! Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Earle, moreover, was a humourist, and may have amused himself with arguments which seemed good enough for his audience. Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters As in the enervating luxury of peace, so in the stern stringency of war we have always a use, and a good use too, for the humourist. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914 To another great humourist who lies in this Church the words have been applied that his death eclipsed the gaiety of nations. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete These two humourists obtained their effect by the simple method, lately advocated by Messrs Roosevelt and Carnegie, of spelling as they pleased. American Sketches 1908 Our third humourist comes to speak upon the same subject. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges The Goose Man was elevated to the rank and dignity of an original humourist. The Goose Man In Addison's chat the war of churches shrinks into a puppet-show, and the strife of politics loses something of its fictitious earnestness as the humourist views it from the standpoint of a lady's patches. History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 The great humourist reveals them to every one of us; and his genius is indeed an inspiration from no human source, in that it enables him to render this service to the brotherhood of mankind. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete Nor is it in the works of the humourists that we shall catch a glimpse of the national character. American Sketches 1908 We are now come to the greatest name on our list—the highest among the poets, the highest among the English wits and humourists with whom we have to rank him. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges I am not a humourist, and make a poor impression in society. The Goose Man Koppy, struggling with anger and scorn, frowned on the would-be humourist, who hastily grinned. The Return of Blue Pete His countenance was that of a humourist, and his recollections of the Great Frederick rendered him sarcastic on all things of the later generation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 She is the home of humourists and no humour. American Sketches 1908 We have said that upon all the actions of man, the most trifling and the most solemn, the humourist takes upon himself to comment. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges The tall boy," she said, "the one that looks like an actor; he's the humourist of the party. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest She is an American, not a German, and the Americans pay high honour to their humourists. Gossamer 1915 That vanished and fantastic humourist would have found plenty to feed his thoughts could he have returned. The Man Who Lost Himself Another peculiarity he had, not common in his time; he was decidedly a humourist. A Forgotten Hero Not for Him Even the serious condition of Joe Batt's Arm hardly interests us so much as the challenge to the world's humourists implied in the Committee's selection of their secretary. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-07 "That's all very fine, but 'nowhere' was what the monkey said when he was accused of stealing nuts," retorted the humourist. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century But they harbour at least one humourist among them, in Captain Harry Graham. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 23, 1916 For that matter I am not any sort of humourist. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 12, 1916 We must not dismiss a new poet because his poem is called To a Skylark; nor must we dismiss a humourist because his new farce is called My Mother-in-law. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens For Dickens the humourist he has a most uncompromising enthusiasm; for Dickens the artist in drama and romance he has as little sympathy as the most practical. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation During this itinerant stage of its exhibition, it had received great additions and improvements from the hints and suggestions of Churchill, Howard, Shuter, and many other wits, satirists, and humourists, of that day. A Lecture On Heads As Delivered By Mr. Charles Lee Lewes, To Which Is Added, An Essay On Satire, With Forty-Seven Heads By Nesbit, From Designs By Thurston, 1812 I used to imagine they had less, and yet, when you come to think of it, Dickens and Thackeray and Barrie, and so many other of the humourists we admire most, are Britishers. A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko" I am not one of the sort of humourists who hold it up to contempt in its inactivity. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 12, 1916 Possibly one cause for this may be that which some humourist suggested as the reason why “birds in their little nests agree,” namely, because it would be dangerous if they “fell out.” Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships He was born a humourist and an observer, and he became a ‘realist’ as soon as he began to write. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation If a humourist had said the circle was a square, they would have believed it—in a sense—and tried to square their reason accordingly. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan The ready humourist devises a pleasant and cheap entertainment by dressing Adam and Eve in modern garments and discussing their relations in the jargon of modish frivolity. Milton Time, the old humourist, has a trick to-day Of moving landmarks and of levelling down, Till into Town the Suburbs edge their way, And in the Suburbs you may scent the Town. Hawthorn and Lavender with Other Verses The humourist has to expose the contrasts of life, to unmask hypocrisy, and to show selfishness lurking under multitudinous disguises. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century He besought Wake not to let the story go about, greatly to the amusement of that young humourist, who had already heard it from half a dozen sources since the beginning of the term. The Master of the Shell It then occurred to me for the first time that Mr Evans was a humourist. Tom, Dick and Harry “I am no more the humourist, my dear Baron,—I shall endeavour to edify you.” The Lunatic at Large It should be said, however, that stories are current in relation to similar jokes played by humourists upon other artists. Art in England Notes and Studies And the nature of the advice that I am supposed to have given President Wilson would make an everlasting fortune for a humourist. With Those Who Wait You are a humourist, and may say what you like. A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools There happened to be an old baronet, a great humourist, without any very near relations, who had been a godson of Mr. Temple's grandfather. Henrietta Temple A Love Story After Swift—the terrible humourist of whom we can hardly think without a mixture of horror and compassion—the chief members were Atterbury, Arbuthnot, Gay, Parnell, and Pope himself. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series I've just been thinking it over, and what we must decide on first of all is who is to be the—the humourist. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 22, 1920 There is an American humourist who once said that "if the lion ever did lie down with the lamb it would be with the lamb inside of him." Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. As I tell Mr E., you are a thorough humourist. A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools Within are birds beyond belief And creatures colourful and quaint: Lean dingoes weighed with secret grief And monkey humourists who ain't; Bears, camels, pards—Look up, my dear, The wonders of the world are here! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920 We know Addison as one of the most kindly and delicate of humourists, and we can perceive the gentleness which made him one of the most charming of companions in a small society. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series He was mentally cropping dry and solid food contentedly, and, at the same time, he was a bit of a humourist. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes It is probably this nobleman who was in the mind of the humourist who pointed out that the shooting of an agent was hardly likely to intimidate that "distant Trojan," the landlord. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. He has seen many countries and many kinds of men and things, and he has long looked upon life with the thoughtful gaze of a philosopher as well as the wise smile of a humourist. Shadows of the Stage That poor man, scholar, gentleman, humourist, poet, as he was, held boys in terror. Lore of Proserpine The most impressive letters are undoubtedly those of Swift—the stern sad humourist, frowning upon the world which has rejected him, and covering his wrath with an affectation, not of fine sentiment, but of misanthropy. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series Early in his Battersea life Gilbert received a note from Max Beerbohm, the great humourist, introducing himself and suggesting a luncheon together. Gilbert Keith Chesterton An American humourist has said, 'Never prophesy unless you know,' and many a writer on Roumania must wish that he had refrained from dealing with probabilities, or from prognosticating the coining events of history. Roumania Past and Present But the humourist of the pen may, personally, be no humourist at all. Shadows of the Stage The lawyer who is a humourist is a man of ten thousand. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country He proved more successful as a business man, however, than he was as a humourist. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-03 By 1903 G.K. was called a fat humourist and he was fast getting ready to be Dr. Johnson in various pageants. Gilbert Keith Chesterton That is the worst of being a professional humourist; everything is put down to you. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-10-06 Joseph Addison, Laurence Sterne, Washington Irving—whatever else they might have been they were humourists. Shadows of the Stage We laugh at the fancies of the humourists, but he may have written his brilliant things in a dismal enough mood. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country But he was a humourist in paint, and as great a student of human nature as he was of art. The Book of Art for Young People One reviewer wrote: "If it were not for the haunting fear of losing a humourist we should welcome the author of The Wild Knight to a high place among the poets." Gilbert Keith Chesterton We managed to have one very good concert in the Barracks and it was surprising how much really good talent we found, conjuror, humourists and sentimental singer were all ready to amuse us. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. I introduce him to you as a hero—and as a humourist. The Story of Baden-Powell 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' The clergyman is old, unmarried, and a humourist. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country He had the forehead of a philosopher but the mouth of a humourist. A People's Man It was repeated by the others with more or less exaggeration to the point of one humourist losing his balance! The Queen of the Pirate Isle A humourist of our own day has laughed at Parliaments as "talking shops," and the laugh has been echoed by some who have taken humour for argument. History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 Like the rest he is a humourist, and when a gale was not blowing or the yacht was not contesting a race, he was as full of merriment and good spirits as the rest. The Story of Baden-Powell 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' But of all humourists of the professional class, I prefer the clergyman, especially if he is well stricken in years, and has been anchored all his life in a country charge. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Its eccentricities, harmless or otherwise, are sufficiently conspicuous to furnish targets both for the unscrupulous fiction-monger and the professional humourist. Greenwich Village It may perhaps be fairly questioned whether great humourists much enjoy the humour of otherPg 68 people. Matthew Arnold We are never so apt to lose our sense of proportion as when we consider those beloved writers whom we hold to be humourists because they have made us laugh. Americans and Others How they discovered B.-P.'s quality as a humourist happened in this way. The Story of Baden-Powell 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' The physician who is a humourist commends himself doubly to a sick-bed. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country In one particular he was regarded as supreme and unapproachable; he was the humourist of his time. George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Such rapturous inebriety or Olympian incontinence of humour only fires the blood of the graver and less exuberant humourist when his lips are still warm and wet from the well-spring of the Dive Bouteille. A Study of Shakespeare Now there are many who affirm that the humourist's point of view is, on the whole, the fairest from which the world can be judged. Americans and Others But do not let us lose sight altogether of Baden-Powell as the whimsical humourist. The Story of Baden-Powell 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' Gally, who sets up Theophrastus as his model, apparently fails to realize that a "humourist" like Sir Roger verges on individuality. A Critical Essay on Characteristic-Writings From his translation of The Moral Characters of Theophrastus (1725) Except, however, that Selwyn was regarded as the first humourist of his time, little was known about him, for scarcely any letters which he wrote had until recently been found. George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life "Not half," I said, striving hard to impersonate a successful humourist. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21 The older humourists knew the value of light and shade. Americans and Others Mr. Clare was a clergyman, and appears to have been a humourist of a very singular cast. Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman As in his unacted play, The Lucky One, he gives evidence of a desire, not unfrequent in humourists, to be taken seriously. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-14 Of Selwyn the humourist it would be easy to collect pages of witticisms. George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life His masters were the English humourists of the eighteenth century. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century The true humourist, objects Sir Leslie Stephen, sees the world as a tragi-comedy, a Vanity Fair, in which enthusiasm is out of place. Americans and Others "Telephone for—" began the office boy humourist, but Bean was out of hearing in the direction of the telephone booth before the latest mot could be delivered. Bunker Bean He seemed to be singing at Raymond, who roared with the rest and hated the humourist all the time. The Spinners Saxe, like other humourists, suffered from melancholia at the last. Memories and Anecdotes Several local humourists have been severely dealt with for pointing out that eating is the best way of getting rid of this pest. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 18, 1917 But the professional humourist cannot afford to be unexpected. Americans and Others Like most humourists, he had low spirits, though his "genial sympathy with the under side of things," to quote his own definition of the undefinable, must have been some solace for his woes. The Life of Froude Whereupon I procured some rags and excelsior, made a bed underneath the hammock, and proceeded to enjoy our eminent humourist's experience in peace. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians The mob did not lynch the audacious humourist. Daniel Defoe A little, rotund, ugly man, with the eyes of a dreamer, the wide, mobile mouth of a humourist, the ears of a comic ol' clo'es man. Half Portions If Saint Chrysostom possessed, according to Newman, a cheerful temper, and "a sunniness of mind all his own," Saint Gregory of Nazianzus was a fair humourist, and Saint Basil was a wit. Americans and Others There are few better narratives in the language, and the enthusiastic admiration of a great American humourist was as well deserved as it is charmingly expressed. The Life of Froude I don't know; Pete was sure being either a humourist or a poet. Somewhere in Red Gap She said if these funny humourists could see what they spent on her clothes and what they had to spend on Clyde's, she bet they'd feel mighty cheap. Ma Pettengill He is a Wit—with charity—not a humourist. The Poetry Of Robert Browning Hood and other light-minded humourists laughed at him for drinking bitter tea; but he was not to be shaken by ridicule. Americans and Others Great wits, too, are often very cruel, and great humourists often very vulgar, so it will be better to try and ‘make good conversation without any large help from these brilliant but dangerous gifts.’ Reviews A circle of quiescence and solitude such as that which might ring a saint or a hermit rings this majestic and profound humourist. Varied Types At bottom her temperament always remained, on the whole, conservative and critical; the temperament of the humourist, in whose heart the old loyalties still lie warm. The Mating of Lydia But, all the same, he is too keen, too brilliant, too fierce at times for a humourist. The Poetry Of Robert Browning We are very kind and a little cruel to our humourists. Americans and Others Of course I knew, but I always respect a joke, particularly when it is but half-born—humourists always prefer to deliver themselves—so I shook my head. Prose Fancies (Second Series) That, however, was merely Ruskin's humour, and one of the deepest disappointments with Mr. Collingwood is that he, like everyone else, fails to appreciate Ruskin as a humourist. Varied Types Wilde was a humourist and a humanist before everything; and his wittiest jests have neither the relentlessness nor the keenness characterising those of the clever American artist. Miscellanies He seemed to me a vulgar old man, a clumsy old humourist, an intolerant, fanatical, one idea'd Hebraist. The Authoritative Life of General William Booth But if the true humourist also sees himself presiding, in the sacred name of duty, over a booth in Vanity Fair, he may yet reach perfection. Americans and Others This humourist is still alive—he caught nothing. The Siege of Kimberley Yet he was a great humourist: half the explosions which are solemnly scolded as "one-sided" were simply meant to be one-sided, were mere laughing experiments in language. Varied Types He was, to some extent, the invention of a Scottish humourist named Boswell. The Art of Letters Bob's "contribs" had been generous that morning, and he was in unusually good humour for a humourist. Shandygaff Phil May was his godfather; and every industrious humourist employs him periodically. Walking-Stick Papers It was all in vain; the Boers—incorrigible humourists—would not be serious, or draw close enough to be shot at. The Siege of Kimberley The American humourist would say that the English politicians so often sat down on their hats that the noise of the House of Commons was one crackle of silk. Varied Types He was a realist, a romanticist, and a humourist. The Art of Letters Isaac Bickerstaff himself, an old man of sixty-four, "a philosopher, an humourist, an astrologer, and a censor," is rather vaguely sketched, and his familiar, Pacolet, is made use of chiefly in the earlier numbers. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 When his spirits were at their highest he was without an equal as a wit, without an equal as a humourist. Aylwin Yet the tavern humourist, or even the club joker, is as nothing compared with the true professional wit. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour He was, I think, the greatest humourist whose jokes have come down to us in an authentic and unmutilated form. Sydney Smith At the same time don't forget that I'm a humourist. Mr. Prohack Sant retired, for he was a humourist and a peaceful man. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents I used to imagine they had less, and yet, when you come to think of it, Dickens and Thackeray and Barrie, and so many other of the humourists we admire most are Britishers. The Tragedy of the Korosko Thirdly, the Buzzer is a humourist, of the sardonic variety. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand Whatever your mood may be, that of the moralist, cynic, satirist, humourist, whether you love, pity, or despise your fellow-man, here is grist for your mill. In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays Of Garrick, who had warmly welcomed the humourist whose merits he had been the first to discover, Sterne says that he had "promised him at dinner to numbers of great people." Sterne We there discern the greatness and weakness of Dean Swift; we discover the patriot, the genius, and the humourist; the peevish master, the ambitious statesman, the implacable enemy, and the warm friend. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. Since the birth of his child, Corp had become something of a humourist. Tommy and Grizel Some of the party were duly impressed; but Mr. Spike Johnson, a resident in peaceful times of Stratford-atte-Bow, the recognised humourist of the Sappers' Field Company attached to the Brigade, was pleased to be facetious. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand Rabelais is one of the very great French writers and humourists whose work is closely connected with English literature. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction There was no need that the humourist in his pulpit should at all resemble the humourist at his desk, or, indeed, that he should be in any way an impressive or commanding figure. Sterne His precise terms of reproach are, "Mr. G. K. Chesterton is not a humourist: not even a Cockney humourist." All Things Considered "Salary," said "Anon," who seemed to be a humourist, "salary large but uncertain." Tommy and Grizel "Wherever you was 'it, lad!" replied the Cockney humourist. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand Anyone who could, on the spur of the moment, describe the steward as the munitionnaire deserves to rank as one of the world's humourists. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 26, 1919 In the next passage, however, the humourist gets the better of the plagiarist, and we are ready to forgive the theft for the happily comic turn which he gives to it. Sterne No; I concede that I am not a Cockney humourist. All Things Considered The old humourist had either seen the fracas, or had come on the injured old-rose messenger of death nursing a damaged face. Jimgrim and Allah's Peace In requital, mine host was always furnished with the news of the country, and was probably a little of a humourist to boot. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 368, May 2, 1829 The query of a humourist, why he should do anything for posterity since posterity had done nothing for him, set me to thinking in my early youth in the most serious way. The Education of the Child By no other writer besides Sterne, perhaps, since the days of the Spanish humourist, have the vast incongruities of human character been set forth with so masterly a hand. Sterne So I do not urge that I am a humourist; but I do insist that I am a Cockney. All Things Considered All genuine humourists may in this sense be called tea-philosophers, Thackeray, for instance, and of course, Shakespeare. The Book of Tea The stranger, he thought, must be both wealthy and generous, and such an offer was not to be despised, though made by a humourist, and one of no very prepossessing presence. The Purcell Papers — Volume 2 Men go into banking and other businesses for the sake of obtaining what the American humourist said was the chief end of man in these modern times, namely, "ten per cent." In Darkest England and the Way Out He is at his best in pathos when he is most the humourist; or rather, we may almost say, his pathos is never good unless when it is closely interwoven with his humour. Sterne And we can smile together when he says that somebody or other is "not even" a Cockney humourist like Samuel Johnson or Charles Lamb. All Things Considered Western humourists were not slow to mingle the fragrance of their thought with its aroma. The Book of Tea Will any one say it was not a stroke of genius in some printing-office humourist to alter the last word into `_in_surrection'? Literary Blunders But an unfortunate conviction, that Nature had intended him for a humourist, tainted all his evidence, besides making it wearisome to hear. The Golden Age Some of these humourists, like Fielding, like Richter, like Carlyle, are always, or almost always, humourists alone. Sterne In that potential paradise I may walk among the Cockney humourists, if not an equal, at least a companion. All Things Considered It should be explained that Roger was a keen admirer of Don Marquis, the humourist of the New York Evening Sun. The Haunted Bookshop He was a humourist in his way; and there was an absurd side to the situation which rather amused him. The Haunted Hotel Ah! you are an odd creature!" she cried, satisfied to have no one preferred to herself.—"You are a humourist, and may say what you like. Emma Whenever, that is to say, we think of him as anything but a poet, we think of him, not as a wit, but as a humourist. Sterne If I were a humourist, I should certainly be a Cockney humourist; if I were a saint, I should certainly be a Cockney saint. All Things Considered As a rule, it was the hour when, with all the reserve of the day thrown aside, badinage and jest reigned supreme, and the humourist came to his own. The Avenger Who, then, can have patience with those dull and conceited humourists, who dare to oppose themselves to such venerable names as these? Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. As I tell Mr. E., you are a thorough humourist.—Yes, believe me, Knightley, I am fully sensible of your attention to me in the whole of this scheme. Emma Carlyle classes Sterne with Cervantes among the great humourists of the world; and from one, and that the most important, point of view the praise is not extravagant. Sterne Some time, after sad and strenuous after-lives; some time, after fierce and apocalyptic incarnations; in some strange world beyond the stars, I may become at last a Cockney humourist. All Things Considered Maulo, the camp humourist, declaimed loudly at the top of his lungs, mocking the marabouts, the buzzards, the vultures great and small, the kites and the eagles. The Leopard Woman But the men who write for newspapers—critics, humourists—they are jolly fellows enough.' The Golden Calf For like nearly every one of the young English poets, he is to some extent a humourist. Counter-Attack and Other Poems Take the work of another famous English humourist and sentimentalist, and compare Uncle Toby's manly and dignified gentleness of heart with the unreal "gush" of the Brothers Cheeryble, or the fatuous benevolence of Mr. Pickwick. Sterne Could any one save a humourist of high order have given Moses such a pair of horns, or set, under Music, such a shagged Tubal to belabour an anvil? Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett Uliades was chiefly popular in the fleet as a rough good seaman, as a blunt and somewhat vulgar humourist. Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance Propertius possessed great talent for versification, but was more erudite than inspired; being almost pure Alexandrine, he is more interesting to the humourist than to the ordinary man. Initiation into Literature In short, Sterne seizes happily on those points, in which every man is more or less a humourist. Literary Remains, Volume 1 Looking back over two centuries, we honour Chesterfield in that, unknown to himself, he also pleaded the cause of the greatest of English humourists. Henry Fielding: a Memoir Meanwhile, David made his way up Piccadilly—did some humourist divert himself, in days gone by, with dropping a shower of London names on Manchester streets?—and deposited his parcel. The History of David Grieve By nature he was tolerant enough; so true a humourist could never be a bigot. Obiter Dicta Mr. Warrington's character as a humourist was known to Mr. Bacon: "I never can make that chap out," the publisher was heard to say, "or tell whether he is in earnest or only chaffing." The History of Pendennis His own character was a fine mixture of humourist, genius, and pedant. Literary Remains, Volume 1 In a manner of speaking all Americans are humourists. Roving East and Roving West There were, however, points of difference between these two humourists, which sometimes occasioned discord. The Antiquary — Volume 01 He is always a humourist, not unfrequently a writer of burlesque, and occasionally a buffoon. Obiter Dicta No lover will long be successful unless he is a humourist too, and is able to keep the heart of love amused. Young Lives Can HE be the large and patient thinker, the delicate humourist, the impassioned poet? The Principles of Success in Literature Three American professional humourists whom I had the good fortune to meet and be with for some time were Irvin Cobb, Don Marquis, and Oliver Herford, each authentic and each so different. Roving East and Roving West Would mad Earl Robin saw these humourists: 'Twould feed him fit with laughter! A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 The first was that of a humourist, and to this almost every other object was occasionally sacrificed. Damon and Delia A Tale Jennings, the young footman who was a humourist, had, of course, heard witty references to Robin's love affair while in attendance, and he had equally, of course, repeated them below stairs. The Head of the House of Coombe Newspaper humourists stood together as one man in advocating a revision of the tariff upward on all foreign purchases coming under the head of the sons of old masters. A Fool and His Money If he is a humourist he can never be taken seriously, and if he is accepted seriously he must be careful to conceal his sense of the humour of the position. Without Prejudice His face was extraordinarily round except towards his chin, where it came to a point; his eyes bright and keen, his mouth the mouth of a professional humourist. The Great Impersonation To avoid Chirsty, the humourist's wife, Jean sought Haggart at his workshop window, which was so small that an old book sufficed for its shutter. The Little Minister The reader will inquire, like the critics of a certain modern humourist, how the fabric of society can be supported by such material. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 There was a humourist called Sir James of the Peak, who had been beat by a felony, who afterwards underwent the same operation from a third hand. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 The humourist alone, by presenting life in its own eternal contradictoriness, by not being tied down to one point of view, like his less gifted brother, comes nearest to expressing its elusive essence. Without Prejudice Generally, however, the English elect excel in satire, and they are noble humourists. Complete Short Works of George Meredith He found the humourist's door ajar, and Wearyworld listening at it. The Little Minister The woman of the world, the humourist and cynic, saw it with admiration. Our Friend the Charlatan I have a good mind to marry the next person that asks me the question, in order to be revenged upon this unyielding humourist. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle Life is Janus-faced, and the humourist invests his characters with a double mask; they stand for comedy as well as for tragedy; Don Quixote wears the buskin as well as the sock. Without Prejudice It was the distinction of Aurelius that he was able to harmonise them with the kindness, one might almost say the amenities, of a humourist, as also with the popular religion and its many gods. Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2 Play is often that about which people are most serious; and the humourist may observe how, under all love of playthings, there is almost always hidden an appreciation of something really engaging and delightful. Appreciations, with an Essay on Style He's a humourist of the most varied kind—grim, ironic, farcical, as the mood takes him. Arsene Lupin "I rather think you are a humourist, Mr. Herrick." Herb of Grace This is why the humourist has always the gift of pathos; though the gift of pathos does not equally imply the gift of humour. Without Prejudice In politics especially, the humourist's detachment is essential to correct perspective, and of humour Balzac had but small share. Balzac Now, signior, how approve you this? have the humourists exprest themselves truly or no? Every Man out of His Humour "Do you think humourists are trying to live with?" said the Duke, in a meditative tone. Arsene Lupin I have no sympathy whatever with the idea that a humourist ought to be a lugubrious person with a face stamped with melancholy. My Discovery of England Each can only show one side of life at a time; the humourist alone can show both. Without Prejudice No other humourist rising, the raw-boned gentleman proceeded to make good his threat, with the result that the fun degenerated somewhat. Idle Ideas in 1905 Jimmy was a humourist of a type that prevails in the rural South and West. Sixes and Sevens They dined together and Ratcliffe took care to send for Tom Lord to amuse them, for Tom was a wit and a humourist, and kept the President in a laugh. Democracy, an American novel It was my good fortune to appear as an avowed humourist in all the great British cities. My Discovery of England Great novels of romance and adventure, great works of imagination, great poems, may be written by persons without humour; but only the humourist can reproduce life. Without Prejudice At present, his bounties are more rational and moderate than before; but still he preserves the character of an humourist, and finds most pleasure in eccentric virtues.' The Vicar of Wakefield Whether the tale was true or not, I do not know: with after-dinner humourists there is reason for caution. Sir Gibbie Picturesquely grim without, the institution is, inwardly, peopled with a set of cheerful, but clumsy, humourists. Through Russia For English and American humourists have not always seen eye to eye. My Discovery of England Anybody can stand anything on its head, but it is only the real humourist who knows which thing can stand on its head without falling or looking foolish. Without Prejudice My father is so comic," he said, "and unlike most great humourists his humour is absolutely unconscious. Michael This humourist is gradually “winning his way to the mythical.” Angling Sketches These stories are “fairy tales of science,” by a man of science, who is also a humourist, and has a touch of the poet, and of the old fathers who were afraid of witches. Adventures Among Books I take this to be part of the trade of anybody labelled a humourist and paid as such. My Discovery of England His stories, though often based on themes profoundly tragic, are penetrated by the light and subtle satire that has won him his reputation as a great humourist. Swan Song This proposal of a private court of justice, which Moon had thrown off with the detachment of a political humourist, Smith really caught hold of with the eagerness of an abstract philosopher. Manalive We cannot expect all the world to share our affection for this humourist whose mirth springs from his melancholy. Essays in Little Once only does Steele really afford the recent humourist the suggestion that is apparently always so welcome. Essays He prefers facts to fancy every time, and as a rule is free from that desire to pose as a humourist which haunts the American mind. My Discovery of England Low humourist this leader seems; perchance Pitched from his University career, Adept at classic fooling. Poems — Volume 3 A minute comparison of those two great humourists would perhaps show as many points of contrast as of similarity, but there is a strong superficial resemblance between them. Russia There was too much love in Bunyan for a satirist of that kind; he had just enough for a humourist. Essays in Little And every creature has a right to security from the banterings peculiar to the humourists of a succeeding age. Essays Why not be content to buy the works of some really first-class humourist and read them aloud in proper humility of mind without trying to emulate them? My Discovery of England Fraulein Wundermacher, now I came to think of it, must have been a humourist. Elizabeth and Her German Garden The joker of our party was a humourist of the dry order, and had been slyly taking rises out of the driver for the last two or three stages. Over the Sliprails His trust was justified—if such justification avails—by the admiration of fairly educated people who apparently hold him to have been a poet first, a humourist in the second place, and an essayist incidentally. The Rhythm of Life It was said for many years, until the reversal that now befalls the sayings of many years had happened to this also, that Thackeray was the unkind satirist and Dickens the kind humourist. Hearts of Controversy Generally, however, the English elect excel in satire, and they are noble humourists. An Essay on comedy and the uses of the comic spirit In that time there was, moreover, one great humourist; he bore his part willingly in vulgarising the woman; and the part that fell to him was the vulgarising of the act of maternity. The Rhythm of Life But let it be granted that Dickens the humourist is foremost and most precious. Hearts of Controversy |
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