 DOUBTLESS the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat ; As lookers-on feel most delight That least perceive a juggler's sleight, And still, the less they understand, The more they' admire his sleight of hand...  The Sportsman - Page 19Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 pages
...fight. The Conj'rei*g worsted by the Knight. CoUBTLESS the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat; , As lookers-on feel most delight, That least perceive a juggler's sleight; And still the less they understand, The more th' admire his sleight of hand. Some with a noise, and... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1816 - 304 pages
...fight, The conj'rer's worsted by the knight. DOUBTLESS the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat : As lookers-on feel most delight, That least perceive a juggler's slight; And still the less they understand, The more th' admire his slight of hand. .. ' Insnar'd and... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 pages
...fight, The Conjurer's worsted by the Knight. DOUBTLESS the pleasure is as gveat Of being cheated as to cheat ; As lookers-on feel most delight, That least perceive a juggler's sleight, And still the less they understand, The more th' admire his slight of hand. Some with a noise and greasy... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 456 pages
...fight, The Conjurer's worsted by the Knight. DOUBTLESS the pleasure is as great Of being cheated as to cheat ; As lookers-on feel most delight, That least perceive a juggler's sleight, And still the less they understand, The more th' admire his slight of hand. Some with a noise and greasy... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 402 pages
...worsted by the Knight. HUDIBRAS. CANTO III. .DOUBTLESS the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat : As lookers-on feel most delight, That least perceive a juggler's slight ; This whole Canto is designed to expose astrologers, fortune-tellers, and conjurers. In banter... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 314 pages
...fight, The Conjurer's worsted by the Knight. DOUBTLESS the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat ; As lookers-on feel most delight, That least perceive a juggler's sleight, And still the less they understand, The more they' admire his sleight of hand. Some with a noise and... | |
 | 1824 - 120 pages
...the greatest strumpet that ever * * * * , X Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat ; As lookers-on feel most delight, That least perceive a juggler's sleight ; : And still, the less they understand, . . > The more th' admire his sleight of hand. BUTLER. It... | |
 | 1845 - 670 pages
...in die case of a lady in a linen-shop — ' Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated as to cheat : As lookers-on feel most delight, That least...of the present day have only changed their current. Anciently cant was absorbed by the monks, as I've heard. Now it runs through every channel and gutter... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...lojlght, Tht Conjrer't noTtttd by the Knight. DOUBTLESS the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, ая to cheat; As lookers-on feel most delight, That least perceive a juggler's sleight ; And still the less they understand. The more th' admire his sleight of hand. Some with a noise, and... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 332 pages
...fight, The Conj'rer's worsted by the Knight. DOUBTLESS the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat ; As lookers-on feel most delight That least perceive a juggler's sleight, And still, the less they understand, 5 The more they' admire his sleight of hand. Some with a noise... | |
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