 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 492 pages
...may say, with the Poet, * Lives of the i'oets, vol. 4, Altenside. 174 Why. that's fhe way to choak a gibing spirit, Whose influence is begot of that...grace, Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools: A jrst's |)rnK|ierity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 1010 pages
...laughter in the throat of death? It cannot be ; it is impossible : Mirth cannot move a soul in agony. Bo*. k. [books. Jfes*. I see, lady, the gentleman is not in yonr /.'-.•'. No : an be were, I would b (hallow laughing hearers give to fools : A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it,... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 524 pages
...observatioB we may say, with the Poet, * Lives of the Pools, vol. 4, Akenside. Why. thnl's the way to choak a gibing spirit, Whose influence is begot of that loose grace, Which shallow lanjjhin^ hearers give lo fools: A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it. never in... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1826 - 488 pages
...appeared to drop into its place, and be ready to assist in paying the reverence required. Again, " A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it." I thought, in quoting from memory, of "A jest's success," "A jest's renown," &c. I then turned to the... | |
 | Paul Duport - 1828 - 458 pages
...aux yeux de la postérité contre le mauvais goût que lui imposait l'influence de son siècle (A) ? "Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools : A jest's prosperity lies in thé car Of him that hears it , never in thé longue Ofhim that makes it : ihen, if sickly ears, Deafd... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 798 pages
...understood to be a more perfect giber of the table, than a necessary bencher of the capitol. Id. Coriolamu. Why, that's the way to choke a gibing spirit, Whose...grace Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools. Shaluptare. His present portance Gibingly and ungravely he did fashion After the inveterate hate he... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 506 pages
...impossible : Vlirth cannot move a soul in agony. R os. Why, that's the way to choke a gibing spirit, IVhosc influence is begot of that loose grace, Which shallow...give to fools : A jest's prosperity lies in the ear К him tnat hears it, never in the tongue If him that makes it : then, if sickly ears, DcaPd with the... | |
 | 1832 - 666 pages
...of a poetical imagination ! But did he never hear of Shakespeare's hint, that " A iest's popularity lies in the ear Of him that hears it; never in the tongue Of him that telis it." But surely my successor fell into an error here. Although mountains of ice may be chilling... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 554 pages
...in the throat of death ? It cannot be ; it is impossible : Mirth cannot move a soul in agony. Ro». Why, that's the way to choke a gibing spirit, Whose influence is begot of (hat loose grace, Which shallow laughing hearers give to fool« : A jest's prosperity lies in the ear... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 542 pages
...laughter ill the throat ol death? It cannot be ; it is impossible : Mirth cannot move a soul in agony. An. otion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted8 spirit To bathe in ofthat loose grace, Which «hallow laughing hearer« give to fool« : A ten's prosperity lies in the... | |
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To move wild laughter in the throat of death ? It cannot be ; it is impossible : Mirth cannot move a soul in agony. Ros. Why, that's the way to choke a gibing spirit, Whose influence is begot of that loose grace Which shallow laughing hearers give to... 
