He killed the noble Mudjokivis. He, to get the cold side outside, Put the warm side fur side inside. That's why he put the fur side inside, Why he put the skin side outside, Why he turned them inside outside. Given as Anon. in CAROLYN WELLS-Parody Anthology. P. 120. 11 (See also STRONG) Conductor, when you receive a fare, Punch, brothers! punch with care! 16 Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem: Dulce est desipere in loco. Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant. HORACE Carmina. IV. 12. 27. 17 How pleasant to know Mr. Lear! Who has written such volumes of stuff! Some think him ill-tempered and queer, But a few think him pleasant enough. EDWARD LEAR-Lines to a Young Lady. 18 No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the misfortune is to do it solemnly. MONTAIGNE-Essays. Bk. III. Ch. I. 19 There's a skin without and a skin within, A covering skin and a lining skin, But the skin within is the skin without Doubled and carried complete throughout. POWER of Atherstone. 20 (See also STRONG) From the Squirrel skin Marcosset G. STRONG ("Marc Antony Henderson")Song of the Milgenwater. Parody of Hiawatha. 21 (See also ANON QUOTATION, POWER) A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does not misbecome a monarch. HORACE WALPOLE Letter to Sir Horace Mann. (1770) |