 ... a pea-green coat, I am afraid we should all have the barbarity to laugh. If his hat and wig, like treacherous servants, were to desert their falling master, it certainly would not diminish our propensity to laugh ; but if he were to fall into a violent...  The Benares magazine - Page 2131852Full view - About this book
 | Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1849 - 446 pages
...the barbarity to laugh. If his hat and wig, like treacherous servants, were to desert their falling master, it certainly would not diminish our propensity...every incident heightens the humour of the scene: — the gaiety of his tunic, the general respectability of his appearance, the rills of muddy water... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1850 - 474 pages
...the barbarity to laugh. If his hat and wig, like treacherous servants, were to desert their falling master, it certainly would not diminish our propensity...every incident heightens the humour of the scene: - the gaiety of his tunic, the general respectability of his appearance, the rills of muddy water which... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1850 - 420 pages
...the barbarity to laugh. If his hat and wig, like treacherous servants, were to desert their falling master, it certainly would not diminish our propensity...effects of his wrath. Here, every incident heightens the humor of the scene: — the gayety of his tunic, the general respectability of his appearance, the... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1850 - 428 pages
...the barbarity to laugh. If his hat and wig, like treacherous servants, were to desert their falling master, it certainly would not diminish our propensity...effects of his wrath. Here, every incident heightens the humor of the scene: — the gayety of his tunic, the general respectability of his appearance, the... | |
 | Periodicals - 1850 - 744 pages
...the barbarity to laugh. If his hat and wig, like treacherous servants, were to desert their falling master, it certainly would not diminish our propensity...he were to fall into a violent passion, and abuse everybody about him, nobody could possibly resist the incongruity of a pea-green tradesman, very respectable,... | |
 | Rev. Sidney Smith - English essays - 1854 - 296 pages
...the barbarity to laugh. If his hat and wig, like treacherous servants, were to desert their falling master, it certainly would not diminish our propensity...every incident heightens the humour of the scene: — the gaiety of his tunic, the general respectability of his appearance, the rills of muddy water... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1854 - 472 pages
...the barbarity to laugh. If his hat and wig, like treacherous servants, were to desert their falling master, it certainly would not diminish our propensity...he were to fall into a violent passion, and abuse everybody about him, nobody could possibly resist the incongruity of a pea-green tradesman, very respectable,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - 482 pages
...the barbarity to laugh. If his hat and wig, like treacherous servants, were to desert their falling master, it certainly would not diminish our propensity...he were to fall into a violent passion, and abuse everybody about him, nobody could possibly resist the incongruity of a pea-green tradesman, very respectable,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1857 - 516 pages
...diminish our propensity to laugh ; but if he were to fall into a violent passion, and abuse everybody about him, nobody could possibly resist the incongruity...Here, every incident heightens the humour of the scene : — the gaiety of his tunic, the general respectability of his appearance, the rills of muddy water... | |
 | william harrison ainsworth - 1857 - 516 pages
...the barbarity to laugh. If his hat and wig, like treacherous servants, were to desert their falling master, it certainly would not diminish our propensity...he were to fall into a violent passion, and abuse everybody about him, nobody could possibly resist the incongruity of a pea-green tradesman, very respectable,... | |
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