Why, Affectation, why this mock grimace? Go, silly thing, and hide that simp'ring face. Thy lisping prattle, and thy mincing gait, All thy false mimic fooleries I hate; For thou art Folly's counterfeit, and she Who is right foolish hath the better plea;... Tales and Novels - Страница 76по Maria Edgeworth - 1839Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| James Smith, Horace Smith - 1851 - 272 страници
...indeed we think a nattering, imitation."— JEFFREY, Edinburgh Review. n. THE BABY'S DEBUT. BY WW " Thy lisping prattle and thy mincing gait, All thy false mimic fooleries I hate ; For thou art Folly's counterfeit, and she Who is right foolish hath the better pica; Nature's... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 страници
...Burgess." AFFECTATION. Why, Affectation, why this mock grimace! Go, silly thing, and hide that simpering face ! Thy lisping prattle, and thy mincing gait, All thy false mimic fooleries I hate; For those art Folly's counterfeit, and she Who is right foolish, hath the better plea: Nature's... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1856 - 248 страници
...poem marked with reiterated lines of approbation : — " Why, Affectation, why this mock grimace ? Go, silly thing, and hide that simp'ring face. Thy...and thy mincing gait, All thy false mimic fooleries I hate ; For thou art Folly's counterfeit, and she Who is right foolish, hath the better plea ; Nature's... | |
| Richard Cumberland - 1856 - 424 страници
...AFFECTATION. No. 2. ' Why, Affectation, why this mock grimace ? Go, silly thing, and hide that simpering face ; Thy lisping prattle and thy mincing gait, All thy false mimic fooleries I hate ; For thou art Folly's counterfeit, and she, Who is right foolish, hath the better plea ; Nature's... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1857 - 488 страници
...AFFECTATION. 1. WHY, Affectation, wlij this mock grimace 1 Go, silly thing, and hide that simpering face ! Thy lisping prattle, and thy mincing gait, All thy false mimic fooleries, I hate ; For thou art Folly's counterfeit, and she Who is right foolish hath the better plea ; Nature's... | |
| M E. Hammond - 1858 - 352 страници
...suppressed laughter. The paper contained these lines : — " Why, Affectation, why this mock grimace '( Go, silly thing, and hide that simp'ring face. Thy...and thy mincing gait, All thy false mimic fooleries I hate ; For thou art Folly's counterfeit, and she Who is right foolish hath the better plea r Nature's... | |
| James Smith - 1860 - 460 страници
...should Old Nick revel, England's prime minister, then blesa the devil ! n. THE BABY'S DEBUT. BY WW " Thy lisping prattle and thy mincing gait, All thy false mimic fooleries I hate ; For thou art Folly's counterfeit, and she Who is right foolish hath the better plea ; Nature's... | |
| William Dawbarn - 1862 - 226 страници
...merit. AFFECTATION. Why, Affectation, why this mock grimace ? Go, silly thing, and hide that simpering face ! Thy lisping prattle, and thy mincing gait, All thy false mimic fooleries I hate ; For thou art Folly's counterfeit, and she Who is right foolish ; hath the better plea. Nature's... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 страници
...AFFECTATION. 1. WHY, Affectation, why this mock grimace ? Go, silly thing, and hide that simpering face ! Thy lisping prattle, and thy mincing gait, All thy false, mimic fooleries, I hate ; For thou art Folly's counterfeit, and she Who is right foolish hath the better plea ; Nature's... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 страници
...Sh. Tviu GI 2. Why Affectation — why this mock grimace ? Go, silly thing, and hide that simpering face ! Thy lisping prattle, and thy mincing gait, All thy false mimic fooleries I hate ; For thou art Folly's counterfeit, and she Who is right foolish hath the better plea : Nature's... | |
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