 | William Godwin - 1804 - 554 Seiten
...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 thrown Wit, able* enough to justify...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 802 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 728 Seiten
...put his whole tcit in 3.jcst, And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able' enough to justify...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... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 Seiten
...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 thrown Wit able enough to justify...three days past : wit that might warrant be For the whde city to talk foolishly 'Till that were cancell'd : and when that was gone. We left an air behind... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 Seiten
...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 enough to justify...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 Seiten
...his whole wit in a jest, ' i And had resolved lo live a tool the rest Of his dull life. Then, when there hath been thrown Wit, able enough to justify...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... | |
 | John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger - 1820 - 470 Seiten
...disposed to contemplate this poetical state of society, it Of his dull life. — Then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For...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... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1822 - 430 Seiten
...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 enough to justify...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... | |
 | 1822 - 492 Seiten
...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...For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancelled — and when that was gone, An air was left behind them, which alone Was able to make the... | |
 | 1823 - 536 Seiten
...called the Mermaid, which was situated in Cornhill. There, as Beaumont tells us, ' hath been shewn Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past, — wit that might warrant For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd ; and when that was gone, We left an... | |
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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... 
