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" is of a pleasant pungency. Such a book is much to our tastes, as we infinitely prefer laughing at the extravagancies of the world, to bewailing them. "
The Mummy!: A Tale of the Twenty-second Century - Page 287
by Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - 1828 - 303 pages
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Blue-stocking Hall, Volume 3

William Pitt Scargill - Women - 1827 - 276 pages
...to mention, that the conceited utilitarian comes in for his share of ridicule; which, though brief, is of a pleasant pungency. Such a book is much to...laughing at the extravagancies of the world, to bewailing them."—London Magazine. 15. THE GERMAN NOVELISTS: Tales selected from ancient and modern Authors...
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Hyde Nugent: A Tale of Fashionable Life, Volume 3

Hyde NUGENT - 1827 - 314 pages
...SATIRICAL NOVEL. In 3 vols. post 8vo. price 28s. 6<f. "This is an extremely piquant and ingenious satire. Such a book is much to our tastes, as we infinitely...extravagancies of the world, to bewailing them."— London Magazine. THE TOR HILL. By the Author of BRAMBLETYE HOUSE; or, CAVALIERS and ROUNDHEADS. A New...
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The London Magazine, Volume 7

1827 - 618 pages
...to mention, that the conceited utilitarian comes in for his share of ridicule ; which, though brief, is of a pleasant pungency. Such a book is much to...our tastes, as we infinitely prefer laughing at the extravagances of the world, to bewailing them ; and think that we are fairly entitled to indemnify...
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Reuben Apsley, Volume 2

Horace Smith - English fiction - 1827 - 386 pages
...Novel. In 3 vols. post 8vo. price \l. 8s. 6d. " This is an extremely piquant and ingenious satire. Such a book is much to our tastes, as we infinitely prefer laughing ;<t the. extravagancies of the world, to bewailing them."—London Magazine. THE NATCHEZ; an Indian...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 46

1827 - 698 pages
...conceited utilitarian comes in fur his share of ridicule; which, though brief, is of a pleasant pnngrncy. Such a book is much to our tastes, as we infinitely...the extravagancies of the world, to bewailing them." — London Maguxinc, 33. MEMOIRS of GEORGE JEFFREYS, Lord High Chancellor of England in the Reign of...
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