 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
 | Ben Jonson - 1875 - 508 lapas
...whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; then where 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... | |
 | David Masson - 1875 - 698 lapas
...wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then, when there hath beou thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three...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, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 lapas
...whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested...others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to foolishly Till that were cancelled ; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1876 - 482 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 288 lapas
...whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; that 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 - 1878 - 560 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 288 lapas
...whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; that 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... | |
 | George Walter Thornbury - 1880 - 604 lapas
...jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. Then, when there hath been thrown \Vit 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 cancelled ; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881 - 744 lapas
...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 life : then when there had been thrown...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... | |
 | David Masson - 1881 - 878 lapas
...whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull hie : 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... | |
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