 | David Masson - 1859 - 718 Seiten
...the town For three days past — wit that might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly ТШ that were cancell'd; and, when that was gone, We left...which alone Was able to make the two next companies Eight witty, though but downright fools." 3 The date of the merry meetings thus alluded to, with such... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - 714 Seiten
...days past — wit that might warrant bo For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were canccll'd; and, when that was gone, We left an air behind us,...to make the two next companies Right witty, though but downright fools." a The date of the merry meetings thus alluded to, with such a sense of after-relish,... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1859 - 730 Seiten
...be For the whole city to talk foolishly, Till that were cancelled ; and when that was gone, ЛУе left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next companies Right witty ; though but downright fools, mero wise." Beaumont, as has been remarked of English poets generally, seems to... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 396 Seiten
...had 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...to make the two next companies Right witty ; though but downright fools were wise. When I remember this, * * * * * * I needs must cry I see my days of... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 392 Seiten
...had 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...which alone Was able to make the two next companies Eight witty ; though but downright fools were wise. \Vhen I remember this, * * * * * * I needs must... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1860 - 370 Seiten
...Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life and when that was gone, We left an air behind us,...to make the two next companies (Right witty, though but downright fools) more wise.'' A modern writer has compared these meetings to the "Nodes Ambrosiance."... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 Seiten
...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,...to make the two next companies Right witty ; though but downright fools, mere wise. We may add another Warwickshire worthy, of a different order : —... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1862 - 732 Seiten
...past ; wit that might warrant be * Fur the whole city to talk foolishly, Till that were cancelled ; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was ahle to make the two next companies Kight witty ; though but downright fools, mere wise." Beaumont,... | |
 | William Harvey - 1864 - 412 Seiten
...days past—wit that might warrant be For the whole City to talk foolishly, Till that were caneell'd,- and when that was gone, We left an air behind us which...to make the two next companies (Right witty, though but downright fools) more wise." Francis Beaumont to Hen Jonson, Shakspeare, before he retired to Stratford—and... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Richard Grant White - 1868 - 626 Seiten
...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...to make the two next companies Right witty, though but downright fools, more wise." quickness of his wit and invention. This, however, is only Fuller's... | |
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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... 
