 What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull...  Memoirs of Mr. John Tobin ... - 138. lappuseautors: John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger - 1820 - 444 lapasPilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - 478 lapas
...whole wit in a jest, And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For...wit that might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly 'Till that were cancell'd : and when that was gone We left an air behind us, which alone... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - 918 lapas
...whole wit in a jest, And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past—wit that might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd : and... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 lapas
...whole wit in a jest, And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For...wit that might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd : and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1843 - 608 lapas
...winds, by the quickness of his Wit and Invention." Fuller's Worthies ( Warwick.), p. 126, ed. 1662. For three days past ; wit that might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd ; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1843 - 114 lapas
...winds, by the quickness of his Wit and Invention." Fuller's Worthies ( Warwick.), p. 126, ed. 1 662. For three days past ; wit that might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd ; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 lapas
...Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull lifs : em up again. The following couplet lins been admired : — Glories, like glow-worms, afar oft' foolishly Till that were cancelled ; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone... | |
 | 1856 - 606 lapas
...whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For...wit that might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancelled ; and, when that was gone, We left an air behind ns, which alone... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 540 lapas
...whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. Then, when there hath been thrown Wit, able enough to justify the town For...wit, that might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancelled, and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 432 lapas
...: the race is nearly extinct of itself, and can do little more good or harm ! Then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For...wit that might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly.!" I cannot say the same of the S , though it stands on classic ground, and is connected... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 520 lapas
...whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. Then, when there hath been thrown Wit, able enough to justify the town For...wit, that might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancelled, and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was... | |
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