 | Charles Knight - London (England) - 1841 - 478 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1841 - 378 pages
...words that have been Bo nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they enmo Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest. And had...a fool the rest Of his dull life. Then, when there hath been thrown Wit, able enough to Justify the town * Mr. Bcntham. t Mr. HiLzlitt. For three days... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1843 - 114 pages
...frequently engage ; " 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...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... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...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...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 - 1843 - 608 pages
...frequently engage ; " 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...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...With the be*t gamesters : what things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ; heard words that have been So =8 c_ { 6zɓ N;t : = { |J D o v w... i 0 x ^3 3Ϟ ˯ | o, l | ' Z 6 9 Uw x K37 lifs : then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit... | |
 | American literature - 1856 - 604 pages
...we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been 80 nimble and so full of subtle flame, AM if that every one from whence they came Had meant...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... | |
 | Cornelius Webbe - 1845 - 398 pages
...Mermaid ? Hard words that were So nimble 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,...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 - 1845 - 490 pages
...things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtile flame, As if that every one from whence they came...in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest • So in Rochester's epigram :— " Siernhold and Hopkins had great qualms, When they transtated David's... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English drama - 1845 - 232 pages
...things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtile flame, As if that every one from whence they came...in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest * So in Rochester's epigram : — " Slernhold and Hopkins had great qualms, When they translated David's... | |
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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 dull life. 
