 Of his dull life; then where 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...  The Great English Letter Writers - Page 224edited by - 1908Full view - About this book
 | 1797 - 752 pages
...niight warrant be •• ; :':Fwihe wholrchy totalk'fo6lilhly•' '!::?':^5Filt'?&at were cancell'd ; and when that was gone .-. )We left an air behind' us, which alone XV. i., able to make the two next companies , though but fools, raeer^wife." i^Ben JfinXon j.and.to... | |
 | William Godwin - Great Britain - 1804 - 554 pages
...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... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 712 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 pages
...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... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 728 pages
...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 next companies Eight witty: thougli but downright fools, mere wise.' When I remember this, and... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 pages
...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...that was gone We left an air behind us, which alone of faith in the testimony of Drummond and Howel, respecting Jonson's self-sufficiency and harsh censure... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 pages
...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 - Authors, English - 1820 - 470 pages
...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 Hazlitt - English drama - 1821 - 374 pages
...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...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Dramatists, English - 1821 - 372 pages
...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...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... | |
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