 | 1850 - 806 pages
..."Willis receive, we think, ample justice in this lively account of him : — ' There is Willis, so natty, and jaunty, and gay, Who says his best things...to thank him for saying 'em ; Over-ornament ruins hoth poem and prose, — Just conceive of a muse with a ring in her nose ! His prose had a natural... | |
 | 1854 - 694 pages
...phrases so thickly o'erhying 'cm, That m»' liiinlly knows whether to thank him for " OverHii"i!iiiH4it ruins both poem and prose, Just conceive of a muse with a ring in her nose ! Conception is a blessing, is Hamlet's general proposition. But here the poet will think its quality... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1850 - 910 pages
...Willis receive, we think, amp-' justice in this lively account of him: — ' There is Willis, so natly, and jaunty, and gay, Who says his best things in so...natural grace of its own, And enough of it, too, if he'd let it alone ; But he twitches and jerks so, one fairly gets tired, And is forced to forgive where... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1853 - 518 pages
...* In appraising himself, by-the-by, Mr. Willis has characterUtically said, " I There is Willis, so natty and jaunty and gay, Who says his best things...prose, Just conceive of a muse with a ring in her nose ! Conception is a blessing, is Hamlet's general proposition. But here the poet will think its quality... | |
 | 1853 - 538 pages
...In appraising himself, by- tue-by, Mr. Willis has characteristically said, " I There is Willis, so natty and jaunty and gay, Who says his best things...prose, Just conceive of a muse with a ring in her nose ! Conception is a blessing, is Hamlet's general proposition. But here the poet will think its quality... | |
 | Alexander Harris - 1853 - 436 pages
...extra, gilt edget, la. The SAME EDITION, morocco extra, gilt edges, at. " There Is Willis, so nutty, and jaunty, and gay, Who says his best things in so foppish a way ; It runs like a stream with a musical sound, And gurgles along with the liquidest sweep. No volume,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1854 - 608 pages
...scribe of the Biglow Papers,№ss Bremer's Apollo's Head, let these lines testify : There is Willis, so mental constition, that his numberless frailtiei...Annabel Lee ; And the stars never rise, but I fee ! Conception is a blessing, is Hamlet's general proposition. But here the poet will think its quality... | |
 | 1856 - 430 pages
...silver may be wedded to gold, and ebony to satin-wood. In the Fable for Critics, we are assured that Over-ornament ruins both poem and prose — Just conceive of a Muse with a ring in her nose ! Now the art-workman's Muse IMS a ring in her nose. Not a plain gold ring, if you please; but a circle... | |
 | 1856 - 428 pages
...to gold, and ebony to satin-wood. In the Fable for Critics, we are assured that" Over-ornament rains both poem and prose — Just conceive of a Muse with a ring In her nose I Now the art-workman's Muso has a ring in her nose. Not a plain gold ring, if you please; but a circle... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 336 pages
...mean,) -gisms that squat 'em Like tadpoles, o'erjoyed with the mud at the bottorn. " There is Willis, so natty and jaunty and gay, Who says his best things...natural grace of its own, And enough of it, too, if he'd let it alone; But he twitches and jerks so, one fairly gets tired, And is forced to forgive where... | |
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em Like tadpoles, o'erjoyed with the mmud -at the bottom. " There is Willis, all natty and jaunty and gay, Who says his best things in so foppish a way, With conceits and pet phrases so thickly o'erlaying 'em, That one hardly knows whether to thank him... 
