There were eight or ten more lines, but Peter destroyed them in his wrath. In the region of wild burlesque, where the ridiculous, by its intensity and mass, becomes the sublime, I never met any one to approach " Peter," except our amazing Medea-Robson. Notes and Queries - Página 4131909Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1862 - 542 páginas
...trick played him by his old chum, John Lockhart (what a contrast in mind and body, in eye and voice ! ) when reviewing his friend's trashy "Gleams of Thought...more lines, but Peter destroyed them in his wrath. In the region of wild burlesque, where the ridiculous, by its intensity and mass, becomes the sublimo,... | |
| 1862 - 794 páginas
...body, in eye and voice ! ) when reviewing his friend's trashy "Gleams of Thought " in the Quartwly, how he made the printer put into the copy for the...more lines, but Peter destroyed them in his wrath. In the region of wild burlesque, where the ridiculous, by its intensity and mass, becomes the sublime,... | |
| Mary Wilson Gordon - 1863 - 444 páginas
...Robertson's poems in The Quarterly Reeiew, the following distich :— " Here lies the peerless paper lord, Lord Peter, Who broke the laws of God, and man, and metre." These lines were, however, only in one copy, which was sent to the senator ; but the joke lay in Lord... | |
| John Brown - 1866 - 454 páginas
...trick played him by his old chum, John Lockhart (what a contrast in mind and body, in eye and voice !) when reviewing his friend's trashy " Gleams of Thought...more lines, but Peter destroyed them in his wrath. In the region of wild burlesque, where the ridiculous, by its intensity and mass, becomes the sublime,... | |
| John Brown - 1866 - 466 páginas
...trick played him by his old chum, John Lockhart (what a contrast in mind and body, in eye and voice!) when reviewing his friend's trashy " Gleams of Thought"...more lines, but Peter destroyed them in his wrath. In the region of wild burlesque, where the ridiculous, by its intensity and mass, becomes the sublime,... | |
| John Brown - 1866 - 448 páginas
...his old chum, John Lockhart (what a contrast in mind and body, in eye and voice !) when review-1 ing his friend's trashy " Gleams of Thought " in the Quarterly, how he made the printer put into the copy fo» the poet this epitaph, — " Here lies that peerless paper-lord, Lord Peter, Who broke the laws... | |
| 1879 - 884 páginas
...Falstaff of the Scotch bench contained the uncomplimentary couplet — Here lies that peerless paper peer Lord Peter, Who broke the laws of God, and man, and metre. As only a single copy of the article in its original shape was printed off — the identical copy addressed... | |
| John Brown - 1882 - 502 páginas
...trick played him by his old chum, John Lockhart (what a contrast in mind and body, in eye and voice !) when reviewing his friend's trashy 'Gleams of Thought'...more lines, but Peter destroyed them in his wrath. In the region of wild burlesque, where the ridiculous, by its intensity and mass, becomes the sublime,... | |
| John Brown - 1882 - 468 páginas
...trick. played him by his old chum, John Lockhart (what a contrast in mind and body, in eye and voice !) when reviewing his friend's trashy ' Gleams of Thought...more lines, but Peter destroyed them in his wrath. In the region of wild burlesque, where the ridiculous, by its intensity and mass, becomes the sublime,... | |
| John Brown - 1882 - 498 páginas
...trick played him by his old chum, John Lockhart (what a contrast in mind and body, in eye and voice !) when reviewing his friend's trashy ' Gleams of Thought...more lines, but Peter destroyed them in his wrath. In the region of wild burlesque, where the ridiculous, by its intensity and mass, becomes the sublime,... | |
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