Which preposition to use with burlesque
"You'll occupy the station assigned to you, my man," said Mr. Bennett, with an admirable burlesque of the military manner.
When I was a cub pilot, I wrote a burlesque on Captain Seller's articles and published it in a rival paper under the signature of Sargeant Fathom.
As Country Squire, who yet had never known The long-expected Joy of being in Town; Whose careful Parents scarce permitted Heir To ride from home, unless to neighbouring Fair; At last by happy Chance is hither led, To purchase Clap with loss of Maidenhead; Turns wondrous gay, bedizen'd to Excess; Till he is all Burlesque in Mode and Dress: Learns to talk loud in Pit, grows wily too, That is to say, makes mighty Noise and Show.
The priest, adopting the tone of burlesque with which some had made their request, began like an old tutor relating a story to children.
No one has portrayed the whimsical varieties of character, particularly in lower life, with a happier vein of burlesque than Smollett.
I confess the thing that pleased me most was a gay little piece of burlesque by Mr. ARTHUR CHESNEY as the red-haired shop assistant who was not a pacifist.
Henry did not care for burlesques as a rule.
That Jonson has even sought to tone down such harshness of contrast as he found is noticeable in his treatment of a recognized figure of burlesque like Friar Tuck, who is throughout portrayed with decorum and respect.