 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; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past, wit that might warrant...  Baconiana - Pàgina 2261904Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Francis Beaumont - 1750 - 560 pàgines
...Warrant be' For the whole City to talk foolijhly Till that were cancett'd; and when that was gone We lejt an Air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next Companies Right witty; tho' but downright Fools, meerWife. Beaum/mf's Letter to Jonfok, Vol. xp 366. Hitherto the Reader has... | |
 | 1797 - 752 pàgines
...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 - 1804 - 554 pàgines
...cancell'd ; and', when that was CHAP. xxxvi. gone, , , . We left an air behind us which alone 137*. Was able' to make the two next companies Right witty; though but downright fools, mere wise. , VERSES OF BEAUMONT TO JONSON, annexed to the Comedy of the Nice Valour or the Passionate Madman.... | |
 | William Godwin - 1804 - 536 pàgines
...were cancell'd; and, when that was CHAP gone, XXXVI 'We left an air behind us which alone : 13 7*Was able' to make the two next companies Right witty; though but downright fools, mere wise. VERSES OF BEAUMONT TO JONSON, anilCXed to the Comedy of the Nice Valour or the Passionate Madman. A... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 712 pàgines
...days 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,...two next companies Right witty: though but downright tools, mere wise.* When I remember this, and see that now the country gentlemen begin to allow My wit... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 pàgines
...days 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...make the two next companies Right witty ; though but downright,/bo/i, mere vise." BEAUMONT'S LETTER to JONS OH, vol. x. Hitherto the reader has received... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 728 pàgines
...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 see that now the country'... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 pàgines
...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...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... | |
 | John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger - 1820 - 470 pàgines
...justify the town For three days past — wit that might warrant be, For the whole city to talk polishly, 'Till that were cancelled, and when that was gone,...companies Right witty, though but downright fools, more wise. Beaumont's letter to Ben Jonson. is impossible not to detect in its picturesque features,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 pàgines
....•'.,' For the whole city to talL. foolishly • , . • ,¡ ., i Till that were cancelled, a;id when that was gone, , We left an air behind us, which...witty; — though but downright fools, mere wise. The other celebrated resort of the great wits ofthat time, was the. Devil tavern, in Fleet-street,... | |
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