 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
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...so full of subtile 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 Of his dull life; then, when there hath been shown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past; wit that might warrant oe For the whole... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 588 pages
...jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then, when there hath been shown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days...For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were canceled; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next... | |
 | Arts - 1852 - 432 pages
...and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put hi* whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest 01 his dull life." " I was all ear to hear," and took in jests " which might create a laugh under the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life : then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For...Till that were cancelled ; and when that was gone, \Ve left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next companies liiîht witty ; though... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 538 pages
...so full of subtle flame, Ai 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." He died on the 15th of March, 1615, in the 30th year of hu age, leaving behind him one daughter, who,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1854 - 1232 pages
...ilo little more 10 'he bottc sands .'— ^ teP«Is;wc "'spute, tli ON COFFEE-HOUSE POLITICIANS. 37 Then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to...might 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... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1854 - 976 pages
...had rcsulv'd to live a foul the r*st ОГ liia dull lifo ; thon when there li.ttli been thrown Wif able enough to justify the town For three days past...might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly Tilt that were cancell'd ; and when that was gone, We left ¡ni air behind us, which ahme Was able... | |
 | Oliver Oldham - Readers (Secondary) - 1854 - 406 pages
...full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in u jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." 2. It was after supper that a small basket of most mouthmelting figs was put on the friendly board,... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Leigh Hunt - Poetry - 1855 - 444 pages
...so full of subtile 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...hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town Eor three days past ; wit that might warrant be !For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 pages
...so full of subtile 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 Of his dull life ; then, when there hath been shown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that might warrant be For the whole... | |
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