 I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the product of a quarter of a cypher, the epitome of nothing, fitter to be kickt, if she were of a kickable substance, than either honoured or humoured.  A Study of American Literature - Page 28by William Cranston Lawton - 1907 - 371 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Nathaniel Ward - 1647 - 120 pages
...the Queen is in this week : what the nudius tertian [day before yesterday] fashion of the Court; ... I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the...cypher, the epitome of Nothing, fitter to be kickt, if she were of a kickable substance, than either honour 'd or humour 'd." The ordinary resource of language... | |
 | Caleb Hopkins Snow - 1828 - 512 pages
...what the nudiustertian fashion of the court ; with egge to be in it in all haste, whatever it be ; I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the product of a quarter of acj'pher, the epitome of nothing, fitter to be kickt, if she were of a kickable substance, than cither... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1835 - 312 pages
...inquire what is the newest fashion of the Court, with egge to be in it in all hast, whatever it be, I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the...cypher, the epitome of nothing, fitter to be kickt, if she were of a kickable substance, than either honoured or humoured." About the time of the revolution,... | |
 | 1835 - 534 pages
...inquire what is the newest fashion of the Court, with egge to be in it in all haste, whatever it be, I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the product of a quarter of a cipher, the epitome of nothing, fitter to be kickt, if she were of a kickable substance, than either... | |
 | Nathaniel Ward - 1843 - 120 pages
...fashion of the Court ; I meane the very newest : with egge to be in it in all haste, what ever it be ; I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the...kickable substance, than either honour'd or humour'd. To speak moderately, I truly confesse, it is beyond the ken of my understanding to conceive, how those... | |
 | Nathaniel Ward - 1843 - 118 pages
...fashion of the Court ; I meane the very newest : with egge to be in it in all haste, what ever it be ; I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the...were of a kickable substance, than either honour'd or hnmour'd. To speak moderately, I truly confesse, it is beyond the ken of my understanding to conceive,... | |
 | Peter Force - 1844 - 582 pages
...what the nudiustertian fashion of the Court ; with egge to be in it in all haste, what ever it be; I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the product of a quarter of a cypher, the epitome of of Nothing, fitter to be kickt, if she were of a kickable substance, than either honour'd or humour'd.... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1845 - 316 pages
...inquire what is the newest fashion of the Court, with egge to be in it in all hast, whatever it be, I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the...cypher, the epitome of nothing, fitter to be kickt, if she were of a kickable substance, than either honoured or humoured." About the time of the revolution,... | |
 | Eliza Buckminster Lee - 1848 - 652 pages
...that magnanimous contempt which the cobbler expresses for such devotees to fashion, as to call them " the very gizzard of a trifle, the product of a quarter of a cipher, the epitome of nothing, fit only to be kicked." But she knew better than to break the pure... | |
 | Eliza Buckminster Lee - 1848 - 340 pages
...that magnanimous contempt which the cobbler expresses for such devotees to fashion, as to call them " the very gizzard of a trifle, the product of a quarter of a cipher, the epitome of nothing, fit only to be kicked." But she knew better than to break the pure... | |
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