"Comical" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... rivals—for this was clear as daylight to me. Berlioz seemed to be pleasantly affected by the attitude of gay spontaneity I adopted with him. His usual short, almost reserved, manner thawed visibly during the friendly hours we passed together. He told me many comical things about Meyerbeer, and the impossibility of escaping from his flattery, which was dictated by his insatiable thirst for laudatory articles. The first performance of his Prophet had been preceded by the customary diner de la veille, and when Berlioz excused himself for staying away, ...
— My Life, Volume II • Richard Wagner
... fiddlers begins to dance, and caper and plays, fit to make one burst with laughter that sees and hears them. Then they go on again and crys as before, with the greatest majesty and gravity immaginable, none of this comical crew being seen so much as to smile all the time, when as spectators are almost bursten with laughing. This is the true origin of the proverb, for this custome of gavelage is a certain tribute that every house pays to the ... when he ...
— Folklore as an Historical Science • George Laurence Gomme
... events, tragic, pathetic, comical and otherwise, took place upon a stage made particularly fit by nature and the ...
— Popular Science Monthly Volume 86
... how late it was, began to take their leave. Marian went with them, and Patty, after the last one had gone, returned to the dining-room, to find her father regarding the table with a look of comical dismay. ...
— Patty at Home • Carolyn Wells
... issued "Cock Robin, a pretty gilded toy for either girl or boy," in which the early cut on page 12 was used. This rare edition has the following comical variation ...
— Banbury Chap Books - And Nursery Toy Book Literature • Edwin Pearson
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