 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 and Times of John Milton - Page 32by William Carlos Martyn - 1866 - 307 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Beaumont - 1843 - 114 pages
...if that every one from whence they came 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...hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town ' It stands in both the folios at the end of The Nice Valour, or the Passionate Madman, and is entitled... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1843 - 608 pages
...winds, by the quickness of his Wit and Invention." Fuller's Worthies ( Warwick.), p. 126, ed. 1662. For three days past ; wit that might warrant be 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 - 1846 - 556 pages
...if that every one from whence they came 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 throw n Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that might warrant be For the... | |
 | American literature - 1856 - 606 pages
...so full of subtle flame, AM 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...cancelled ; and, when that was gone, We left an air behind ns, which alone Was able to make the two next companies Right witty, though but downright lools." Raleigh,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit the wolf far thence, that's foe to men, For with his nails he'l lifs : then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit... | |
 | 1845 - 410 pages
...if that every one from whence they came 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...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 next... | |
 | Great Britain - 1845 - 570 pages
...if that every one from whence they came 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...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 next... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English drama - 1845 - 232 pages
...epigram : — " Slernhold and Hopkins had great qualms, When they translated David's P«lms." Of hie dull life; then when there hath been thrown Wit able...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 W'as able to make the two... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 542 pages
...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, And had resolved to live a fool the rest...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Great Britain - 1845 - 432 pages
...to die a natural death : the race is nearly extinct of itself, and can do little more good or harm ! Then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to...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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