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Beaumont and Fletcher: Or, The Finest Scenes, Lyrics, and Other Beauties of ... - Page 359
by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Leigh Hunt - 1855 - 363 pages
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The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Volume 1

Francis Beaumont - 1750 - 560 pages
...Warrant be' For the whole City to talk foolijhly Till that were cancett'd; and when that was gone We lejt an Air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next Companies Right witty; tho' but downright Fools, meerWife. Beaum/mf's Letter to Jonfok, Vol. xp 366. Hitherto...
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British Critic, Quarterly Theological Review, and Ecclesiastical ..., Volume 9

1797 - 752 pages
...davspalt; wit that niight warrant be •• ; :':Fwihe wholrchy totalk'fo6lilhly•' '!::?':^5Filt'?&at were cancell'd ; and when that was gone .-. )We left an air behind' us, which alone XV. i., able to make the two next companies , though but fools, raeer^wife." i^Ben JfinXon j.and.to...
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Life of Geoffrey Chaucer: The Early English Poet: Including ..., Volume 2

William Godwin - 1804 - 554 pages
...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 *Itill that were cancell'd ; and', when that was CHAP. xxxvi. gone, , , . We left an air behind us...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 6

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 802 pages
...the town For three dales past, wit that might warrant be For the whole city to takr foolishly C, ' Till that were cancell'd, and when that was gone We left an aire behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next companies [wise : Right witty, though but...
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The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher, Volume 2

Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 712 pages
...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...which alone Was able to make the two next companies Right witty; though but downrightyook, mere wise." BEAUMONT'S LETTER to JONSOJT, vol. x. Hitherto the...
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Life of Francis Beaumont. Life of John Fletcher. Prefaces. Commendatory ...

Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 pages
...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...which alone Was able to make the two next companies Right witty ; though but downright,/bo/i, mere vise." BEAUMONT'S LETTER to JONS OH, vol. x. Hitherto...
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The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher, Volume 2

Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 728 pages
...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 canccll'd ; and when that was gone \ We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two...
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The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: In Fourteen Volumes: with an ..., Volume 1

Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 pages
...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 cancelled ; and when that was gone We left an air behind us, which alone of faith in the testimony...
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Memoirs of Mr. John Tobin ...

John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger - 1820 - 470 pages
...society, it Of his dull life. — Then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past — wit 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...
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The Indicator, Volume 1

Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 pages
...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 talL. foolishly • , . • ,¡ ., i Till that were cancelled, a;id when that was gone, , We left an...
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