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Here B,;tain', natefm<n oft the fall foredoom
Of forciga tyranu, and of nymphs "t home ;
Hcre thau, ~reat Anna whom three rcalms ohey,
Don fomctimes eounre) uke-.,nd fomcrimts tea.
Rap, of/hr L"l, ean/. 3' /' 5.
O'cr their quiettn where f¡{ judges doCe,
And 1011 th<ir cough aDd confe;enee to repofe.
'Speaking of Prinee Eugene :
LJijpenfary, canlo l.
This geoeral is a gre.. taker of fouff as weJl •• of
tOWQS.
POp" K,y l. Ih, Loc~,
Exul mentifque domulque.
Melamorphofa, m. ix. 409.
A feemiDg oppoGtion from the fame eaufe :
Hic quicrcit qui Dunquam quievit.
Agaio,
So lilte the chances are of lave ;l:nd war.
That they alone in thrs tliniogoilh'd are ;
10 love the .iétors from the .aoquilh'd By, .
'1'h<y lJy tbat wouod, aod they purfue that die.
\Vhat ncw. found witchcrafc wa$ iD thee,
,"Vith thine own cold tO kindle me ?
Straoge .rt; lik. him that Ihould d..ife
To make a buruing gl.r. of ice.
./Valler.
Co'WIc) .
Wit of this kind is unruitable in a feriaus pocm; witnefs
tbe following line io Pope's Elegy to the m<mory of ao
uofonunate lady:
Cold i. thal brean whieh warm'd the world before,
Thi. fon of writing i. fioely burlefqued by S ",if, :
Her hand., the fofteC! ever feh,
Tbough eold would burn, though dry would m<lc.
Slriphon and CMo,.
Taking a word in a different feofe from what is meaot.
comes uader wit, becaufe it occalioas fome fl,ght degree oE
furprife :
B"/rie<, 1 maY'Gt in a eorn<r, and ery H<igh ho! for
a hulband,
Pedro. Lady B,.triee, 1 will .get you one,
Beatria. 1 would ralher have one of your father'! get.
ting . Hath your Grace ne'er a ~rolher like you.,> Your
father .got exeeJleot hulband., if a maid eould come by
.hem.
Much 6do aboul no/hing, at? ~ fe· 5.
Falj/4f My hoo<n lads, 1 \ViII .<11 you wh.. 1 am
;,aboul.
PljI./. Two yards anO more.
F~/J!nff. No quips now, Pillol: ind«d, 1 am in the
w¡fle t WO yards abol,H: but ·1 am oow about no waCle ; 1
~m about thrift.
Mrrr) Wiva oflVindfor, at? l . f e. 7.
LIJ. SI11Jdl .---Ry your leave. rWeet Jadies,
If ( ehanee to talk a "ttle wild, forgive me :
1 h~.1 it fro:n my filthcr.
Anne ÓUl/tll. Was hl! mild~ Sir ?
Sandl. O. "ery mad, exceeding mad, io love too:
But he would bite noo<--
K. Henry VIII.
An atrc!rtioD Ihat bears a ~oubJe meaning, one right, one
wrong, but fo conneéled wuh other mallen al tO direél
us tO the wrong meaning, is a fpecies of ballard wit whicb
i. d;Oinguilh<d from all oth<r> by tbe name pun, For ex–
ample,
PariI. ---Sweet Heleo, 1 mull woo you.
T o help uoarm our H<dor: hi. rtubborn buckles,
With theCe )'our whlle inchantlng fingers touch'd.
Shall more ob<y, thao tO the edg< of Iled,
Or force of Grrekilh Gn<w. ; yuu Ihall do more
Thao all the iOand klOg., great H<dor.
Troj/ul and CuJlida, .83 . fe. 2;
The pun i. in the c1oCe. The word diJúm ha. a 'double
meaning: it ligni6es ,tO take off a man's armour, and airo
tO /itbdue him 10 fight. We are direéted to th. latter lenfe
by Ihe conlext; but with regard to Helen, the word
hold. only UDe iD rhe former CeDfe, W< go 00 with olber
cxamplcs :
Elfe nih:! dieis quicquid peti., CiDD' :
SI DlI. CinDa, petis, oil tibi, ClOna, oego.
frIarlia/, l. 3. ,pigr. 6..
Chiif J"jlie<. ! the uuth i., S" Jobo, you hve
ia greill inramy.
Falj/.ff. He th.t buekles him in my !te" eaonOl Ji.e in
I<fs .
Chic! Jufiie<. Your mean. are very Oeoder, and you<
wafl-e is great.
1 would it \Vere olherwife: 1 would my meaDa
.were grcater, aod my wpíle Oenderer.
S"ond p"rl Henr) IV. at? I·ft 5.
erlia. 1 pray you bur \l1ith me, 1Can go no f~nher.
Clown, For my pan, 1 h~d rather bear with you lhan
bear you: yet 1 Ihould bear 00 croC, if 1 did be.. yoo;
for 1 thiok you baye no money iD your purfe.
A, yQU I;~, il, a{} 2. f<. 4.
H e that impares an oath makes tr,
NOI he that for conv::nience takes it,
Then how eao any man be
To break an oath he never m"de ?
H udióral, part 2 . tan/o .2.
The f<venth fati re of the firn book of H oraee i. purpofely
conlrivt'd to introduce al the ciare a mon execrable fJun.
Talking of fome iofamou. IVreteh whofe name was Rex R.–
pilita,
PC'rlius exclamat, Per magnos, Brute, deos te
O ro, qui regC!' conrueris (ollere, cur non
Huoc Jefem Op rUIiIJ¡ boc, nllbí crede, ruorUlU
en.
Though pl. y;og ",ith word. i. a mark of a mind at <afe,
and difpufed tOany ron of amufement . we muH nOI thence
( ,)oclune that pl.tying with \Yord, is 31ways ludicrocu.
'lVords ;"re fa inlÍmatcly conndled with thuugh.r, lhat If
the fubjdl o: r~3lly grave, it will not'app(ar ludlcrc.u$ e,"cn
in chiS f.tnt"fhc dref, . We .tre, howcver, f.. r from reCom o
m!nd ng it in any fc:rious performance: ~ on the contrar)',
rhe d,fcorJi\née betwecn the thftught_ and exprcffioD muH
ue dlf,grcca~le; witocr, the foJlowlOg fl'(.e'meo.
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