 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
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pàgines
...been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that might warrant be For me forth the room, They were so o'crcharged with water....intenseness of feeling which seems to resolve itself in were wise. When I remember this, * I needs must cry I sec my days of ballading grow nigh ; I can already... | |
 | 1856 - 606 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 ; and, when that was gone, We left an air behind ns, which alone Was able to make the two next companies Right witty, though but downright lools." Raleigh,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 540 pàgines
...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,...witty ; — though but downright fools, mere wise. The other celebrated resort of the great wits of that time, was the Devil tavern, in Fleet-street,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 520 pàgines
...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,...witty ; — though but downright fools, mere wise. The other celebrated resort of the great wits of that time, was the Devil tavern, in Fleet-street,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 544 pàgines
...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,...witty ; — though but downright fools, mere wise. The other celebrated resort of the great wits of that time, was the Devil tavern, in Fleet-street,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 542 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,...alone Was able to make the two next companies Right witty;—though but downright fools, mere wise. The other celebrated resort of the great wits of that... | |
 | 1845 - 410 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...Right witty ; though but downright fools, mere -wise." Gifford has thus described the club at the Mermaid: " About this time (1603) Jonson probably began... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 490 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,...companies Right witty, though but downright fools more wise." I shall not in this place repeat Marlowe's celebrated song, ' Come live with me and be... | |
 | 1845 - 570 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 ; though but downright fools, mere -wise." Gifford has thus described the club at the Mermaid... | |
 | Cornelius Webbe - 1845 - 398 pàgines
...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 two next companies Right witty, though but downright fools.' But these ' brave doings' are done: for though we have thousands who ' put their whole wit' in one... | |
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