 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...  The Brighton magazine - 164. oldal1822Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | William Godwin - 1804 - 554 oldal
...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 oldal
...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... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 oldal
...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 whde city to talk foolishly 'Till that were cancell'd : and when that was gone. We left an air behind... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 oldal
...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 ....Till that were cancelled ; and when that was gone We left an air behind us, which alone of faith in the testimony of Drummond and Howel, respecting Jonson's... | |
 | John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger - 1820 - 470 oldal
...whatever feelings of complacency we may be disposed to contemplate this poetical state of society, it Of his dull life. — Then when there had been thrown...that might warrant be, For the whole city to talk polishly, 'Till that were cancelled, and when that was gone, We left an air behind us — which alone... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 oldal
...wit in a jest, ' i And had resolved lo live a tool the rest Of his dull life. Then, when there hath been thrown Wit, able enough to justify the town For...that might warrant be .•'.,' For the whole city to talL. foolishly • , . • ,¡ ., i Till that were cancelled, a;id when that was gone, , We left an... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 oldal
...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 - 374 oldal
...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 oldal
...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...Till that were cancelled, and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone , Was able to make the two next companies Right witty ; — though... | |
 | 1823 - 536 oldal
...called the Mermaid, which was situated in Cornhill. There, as Beaumont tells us, ' hath been shewn Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past, — wit that might warrant For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd ; and when that was gone, We left an... | |
| |
