 | David Masson - 1859 - 718 pages
...rest Of his dull life; then, when there hath been thrown ЛУН able enougli to justify the town For three days past — wit that might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly ТШ that were cancell'd; and, when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 392 pages
...the rest 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...companies Eight witty ; though but downright fools were wise. \Vhen I remember this, * * * * * * I needs must cry I see my days of ballading grow nigh... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 396 pages
...the rest 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...which alone Was able to make the two next companies Right witty ; though but downright fools were wise. When I remember this, * * * * * * I needs must... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1860 - 370 pages
...Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life and when that was gone, We left an air behind us,...which alone ' Was able to make the two next companies (Right witty, though but downright fools) more wise.'' A modern writer has compared these meetings... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 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 Was able to make the two... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1862 - 732 pages
...past ; wit that might warrant be * Fur the whole city to talk foolishly, Till that were cancelled ; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was ahle to make the two next companies Kight witty ; though but downright fools, mere wise." Beaumont,... | |
 | William Harvey - 1864 - 412 pages
...life; then, when there hath heen thrown Wit ahle enough to justify the town For three days past—wit that might warrant be For the whole City to talk foolishly, Till that were caneell'd,- and when that was gone, We left an air behind us which alone Was able to make the two next... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Richard Grant White - 1868 - 626 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 fools, more wise." quickness of his wit and invention. This, however,... | |
 | Richard Grant White - 1865 - 450 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 fools, more wise." Letter to Ben Jonson. 7* the encounter of the... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1865 - 592 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...behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next companit Right witty : though but downright fools, mere wise." The play at the Blackfriars would be... | |
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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 ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able... 
