 | William Godwin - 1804 - 554 páginas
...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...might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly *Itill that were cancell'd ; and', when that was CHAP. xxxvi. gone, , , . We left an air behind us... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 712 páginas
...With the best gamesters. What things have we seeii Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that hare been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every...Had meant to put his 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... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 páginas
...With the best gamesters. 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...Had meant to put his 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... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 páginas
...Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,...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... | |
 | John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger - 1820 - 470 páginas
...best gamesters. — What things have we see1!* Done at the Mermaid — heard words that have been So nimble — and so full of subtle flame, As if that...in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest In a moral view the advantages resulting from this order of things is equally apparent : between partners... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 páginas
...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...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 Was able to make the two... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 páginas
...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...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 Was able to make the two... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1822 - 430 páginas
...Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that everyone from whom tbey came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 páginas
...Beaumont in his verses to Ben Jonson, " have we not seen done at the Mermaid! —— Then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For...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 by local tradition... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 páginas
...in his verses to Ben Jonson, " have we not seen done at the Mermaid ! — — Then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For...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 by local tradition... | |
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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 life. 
