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"Pasquinade" Quotes from Famous Books
... miscellaneous trash—leaves which the owner never knew he had, and cannot miss—which he would not know the value of, had you told him of them? What use of putting notions into the greedy barbarian's head, as if one were to find treasures for him? And the little pasquinade is so curious, and will fill a gap in that fine collection so nicely! The notions of the collector about such spoil are indeed the converse of those which Cassio professed to hold about his good name, for the scrap furtively removed is supposed in no way to impoverish the loser, while it makes ... — The Book-Hunter - A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author • John Hill Burton |
Words linked to "Pasquinade" : lampoon, put-on, burlesque, caricature, spoof, charade, sendup, travesty, mockery, parody, impersonation, imitation, takeoff |
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