 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...  Table-talk; or, Original essays - Page 62by William Hazlitt - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1840 - 754 pages
...a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been known Wit able enough to justify the town For three days...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... | |
 | Charles Knight - London (England) - 1841 - 478 pages
...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 thrown Wit able enough to...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... | |
 | Charles Knight - London (England) - 1841 - 918 pages
...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 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 cancell'd : and... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...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 thrown Wit able enough to...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... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1843 - 114 pages
...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 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
...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 thrown Wit able enough to justify the town 1 It stands in both the folios at the end of The Nice Valour, or the Passionate Madman, and is entitled... | |
 | American literature - 1856 - 606 pages
...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 enough to...might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancelled ; and, when that was gone, We left an air behind ns, which alone Was able... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 540 pages
...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 enough...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... | |
 | 1845 - 410 pages
...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 thrown Wit able enough to...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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1845 - 570 pages
...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 thrown Wit able enough to...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... | |
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