 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1860 - 480 Seiten
...god of traffic and fiction, with a hammer in his hand instead of a caduceus.—But pray, Mr. Puff, what first put you on exercising your talents in this way ? Puff". Egad, sir, sheer necessity!—the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention. You must know, Mr. Sneer, that... | |
 | Ferdinand E A. Gasc - 1860 - 360 Seiten
...caduceus. — But pray, Mr. Puff, what first put you on10 exercising your talents in this way ? Puf. Egad ! sir, sheer necessity — the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention.11 You must know, Mr. Sneer, that from the first time I tried my hand at au advertisement,12... | |
 | 1865 - 336 Seiten
...traffic and Jlction, with a hammer in hi» hand instead of a caducous. But pray, Mr. Puff, what flrst put you on exercising your talents in this way ? Puff'...to invention. You must know, Mr. Sneer, that from tho llrst time I tried my hand atan advertisement, my success was such, that for some time after, I... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1869 - 446 Seiten
...god of traffic and fiction, with a hammer in his hand instead of a caduceus. — But pray, Mr. Puff, what first put you on exercising your talents in this...Sneer, that from the first time I tried my hand at aft advertisement, my success was such, that for some time after I led a most extraordinary life indeed!... | |
 | Ferdinand E A. Gasc - 1869 - 382 Seiten
...Puff. Egad ! sir, sheer necessity — the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention.11 You must know, Mr. Sneer, that from the first time I tried my hand at an advertisement,12 my success was such, that for some time after, I led a most extraordinary life indeed... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 Seiten
...newspaper. Act i. 8c. 2. Egad ! I think the interpreter is the hardest to be understood of the two ! Ibid. Sheer necessity, — the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention. Ibid. No scandal about Queen Elizabeth, I hope ? Act ii. Sc. 1. Certainly nothing is unnatural, that... | |
 | Richard Brinsley B. Sheridan - 1884 - 320 Seiten
...now, when a gentleman is ruined, he parts with his house with some credit. Sneer, But pray, Mr. Puff, what first put you on exercising your talents in this...Mr. Sneer, that from the first time I tried my hand a* an advertisement, my success was such, that, for some time after, I led a most extraordinary life... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 724 Seiten
...my friend, is the mother of courage, as of invention. 3785 Walter Scott : Quentin Durward. Ch. 23. Necessity, — the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention. 3736 Sheridan : The Critic. Act i. Sc. 2. Necessity, oftener than facility, has been the mother of... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1891 - 1190 Seiten
...newspaper. Sc. 2. Egad, I think the interpreter is the hardest to he nnderstood of the two ! ihid. Sheer necessity, — the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention. ihid. No scandal ahont Qneen Elizaheth, I hope ? Act ii. Sc.i. Certainly nothing is nnnatnral that... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1897 - 120 Seiten
...god of traffic and fiction, with a hammer in his hand instead of a caduceus. — But pray, Mr Puff, what first put you on exercising your talents in this...time I tried my hand at an advertisement, my success 1 40 was such, that for some time after I led a most extraordinary life indeed ! Sneer. How, pray ?... | |
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But pray, Mr. Puff, what first put you on exercising your talents in this way? Puff. Egad, sir, sheer necessity — the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention : you must know, Mr. 
