 Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some stomachs; but honest good humour is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that, where the jokes are rather small, and the laughter...  Old Christmas - Страница 207по Washington Irving - 1899 - 243 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 438 страници
...uttered, yet I have certainly heard many contests of rare wit produce much less laughter. Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some stomachs; but honest good humour is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 366 страници
...uttered, yet I have certainly heard many contests of rare wit produce much less laughter. Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some stomachs; but honest good humour is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 страници
...uttered, yet I have certainly heard many contests of rare wit produce much less laughter. Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some stomachs ; but honest good humour is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to .that,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 страници
...uttered, yet I have certainly heard many contests of rare wit produce much less laughter. Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient. and much too acid for some stomachs ; but honest good-humour is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 страници
...uttered, yet I have certainly heard many contests of rare wit produce much less laughter. Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some stomachs : but honest good humour is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1846 - 356 страници
...is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some stomachs ; but honest good humour is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that, wher£ the jokes are rather small, and the laughter abundant. The Squire told several long stories... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 484 страници
...uttered, yet I have certainly heard many contests of rare wit produce much less laughter. Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some Etomachs ; but honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - 524 страници
...uttered, yet I have certainly heard many contests of rare wit produce much less laughter. Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much...to that where the jokes are rather small, and the laughtef abundant. The squire told several long stories of early college pranks and adventures, in... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 страници
...uttered, yet I have certainly heard many contests of rare wit produce much less laughter. Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some stomachs; but honest good-humour is the oil and wine of a merry-meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 страници
...are moro faults in the humour than in the mind. La, Jtocltefoucauld. HUMOUH-Good. Honest good-humoxir is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there...jokes are rather small and the laughter abundant. H'<(.»A iti'jtvn Iri'itiff. HtTMOtTK— guided by Judgment. The union of genuine, rich humour with... | |
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