 I need only tell you, that this ill-starred, good-natured, improvident man returned to Dublin, unhinged from all favour at court, and even banished from the castle. But still he remained a punster, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day passed without...  Sheridan: A Biography - Pagina 15door William Fraser Rae - 1896Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Boyle (5th earl of Cork and Orrery.) - 1752 - 238 pagina’s
...from the caftle. But Hill he remained a punfter, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day pafled without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddle-flick were in continual motion ; and yet to little or no purpofe, if we may give credit to the... | |
 | John Boyle Earl of Orrery - 1752 - 368 pagina’s
...from the caftle. But frill he remained a punfter, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day pafled without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddle-ftick were in continual motion ; and yet to little or no purpofe, if we may give credit to the... | |
 | Robert Shiells - 1753 - 366 pagina’s
...from the Caftle : But ftill he remained a punfter, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day pafted without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddle-flick were in continual motion ; and yet to little or no purpofe, if we may give credit to the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1757 - 486 pagina’s
...from the caftle. But ftill h'e remained a ptmfter, aquibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day pilled without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddleftick were in continual motion; and yet to little or no purpofe, if we may give credit to the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1761 - 424 pagina’s
...from the caftle. But ftil! he remained a punfier, a quibbler, a fidlcr, and a wit. Mat a day pa fled without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddleftick were in continual motion; and yet to little or no purpofe, if we may give eredit In the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784 - 394 pagina’s
...from the callle. But Hill he remained a pnnfter, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day palled without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddleftkk were in continual motion ; and yet to little or no purpofe, if we may give eredit to the... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 442 pagina’s
...punfter, a qaibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day Sheriff. Commentafin, vol i P- 339i day pifTed without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddleftick were in continual motion ; and yet to little or no purpoft, i: we may give credit to the... | |
 | 1798 - 432 pagina’s
...from the caftle. But ftill he remained a punfter, aquibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day pafled without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddleftick were in continual motion, and yet to little or no purpofe, if we may give credit to the... | |
 | Eccentric biography - 1801 - 352 pagina’s
...all favour at court, and even banished from the castle. But still he remained a punster, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day passed without a rebus, an anagram,...continual motion, and yet to little or no purpose, if we may give credit to the following lines, which shall serve as a conclusion of his poetical character.... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 pagina’s
...from the cadle. But ftill he remained a punfter, a qtiibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day paffed without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddleftick were in continual motion ; and yet to little or no purpofe, if we may give credit to the... | |
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