 | John William Carleton - 1841 - 522 halaman
...interludes of general attraction ; if, in short, a party of fifty is to be only one grand prose, " one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes — the bores and bored,' they most admirably illustrate the satire of one of our livelier neighbours in France, who, describing... | |
 | 1894 - 854 halaman
...felt for a hundred years, and it had come into such common use by the twenties Ihat Byron declared Society is now one polished horde Formed of two mighty tribes — the Bores and Bored. Disraeli rashly attempted a definition in " Vivian Grey : " — The true bore is that man who thinks... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 halaman
...Juan — Continued. Canto i. St. 117. Whispering I will ne'er consent, consented. Canto xiii. St. 95. Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored. Canto xiv. St. 101. T is strange — but true ; for truth is always strange, Stranger than fiction.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 halaman
...lady to his friend Hortensius. Canto vi. Stanza 7. Oh for a forty parson power. Canto x. Stanza 34. Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, the Sores and Bored. Canto xiii. Stanza 95. 'T is strange — but true ; for truth is always strange, Stranger... | |
 | William Rounseville Alger - 1867 - 420 halaman
...the production of rich and strong individualities. There is ground for Byron's satirical stroke : — Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored. Our familiar is rather a nimble and tricksy spirit, like Puck, than that awing genius of brooding silence... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 halaman
...for none is the true social art H. Of the world's stoies — men without a heart. Byron, DJ- v- ,"' Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, the bores and bor'd, Byron, DJ Sin. *i• In men this blunder still you find, All think their little set mankind.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 halaman
...xiii. St. 9. Byron continued.] Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away. Don Juan. Canto xiii. St. n. Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored. Canto xiii. St. 95. T is strange — but true ; for truth is always strange ; Stranger than fiction.... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 halaman
...lady to his friend Hortensius. Canto vi. Stan2a 7. Oh for a forty parson power. Canto x. Stan2a 34. Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored. Canto xiii. Stan2a 95. 'T is strange — but true ; for truth is always strange, Stranger than fiction.... | |
 | Augustus Maverick - 1870 - 558 halaman
...courage and vitality of the race are visible throughout. Byron was not wrong when he wrote : — " Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, the bores and bored." Poetical bores are male and female, and it is difficult to decide which sex is the more persistent,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 halaman
...xiii. St. 9. Byron continued.] Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away. Don Juan. Canto xiii. St. 1 1. Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored. Canto xiii. St. 95. 'T is strange — but true; for truth is always strange ; Stranger than fiction.... | |
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Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored. 
