 | 1847 - 372 pages
...cause they are unexpected. For example : " We grant, although he had much wit, He was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out ; And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holydays or so, As men their best apparel do." The unexpected discovery of resemblance between... | |
 | 1882 - 708 pages
...contained in these lines from Budibras : — " We grant, although he had much wit, He was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holidays or so, As men their best apparel do." This is how the same whimsical notion was... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1852 - 364 pages
...cause they are unexpected. For example : " We grant, although he had much wit, He was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out ; And therefore bore it not about. Unless on holydays or so, As men their best apparel do." The unexpected discovery of resemblance between... | |
 | 1852 - 838 pages
...once and begin another. 3 • CHAPTER II. " For he. although he had much wit, Was very shy of using it; As being loth to wear it out; And, therefore, bore it not about. Besides His known he could speak Greek, As naturally as pigs squeak; That Latin was no more difficile... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 pages
...much, 'Tis plain enough he was not such. We grant, although he had much wit. H' was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about ; Unless on holidays or so, As men their best apparel do. Beside, 'tis known he could speak Greek As... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1854 - 284 pages
...much ; 'Tis plain enough he was no such We grant, although he had much wit, H' was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holy-days, or so, As men their best apparel do. Besides, 'tis known he could speak Greek... | |
 | 1856 - 754 pages
...Outweigh'd his rage but half a grain. We grant, although he had much wit, H' was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore' it not about ; Unless on holy-days, or so, As. men their best apparel do. Beside 'tis known he could speak Greek... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...much ; 'Tis plain enough he was no such. We grant, although he had much wit, H' was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about. Unless on holy-days, or so, As men their best apparel do. Besides, 'tis known he could speak Greek... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1861 - 334 pages
...the pleasure which he derived from * 'Tis true, although he had much wit, He was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out ; And therefore bore it not about, Except on holidays or so, As men their best apparel do. the acquisition, than from the effect which... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1861 - 248 pages
...much, Tis plain enough he was not such; We grant, although he had much wit, H' was very shy of using it ; As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holy-days, or so, As men their best apparel do. Beside, 'tis known he could speak Greek As... | |
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Tis plain enough he was no such; We grant, although he had much wit, He was very shy of using it; As being loth to wear it out. And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holy-days, or so, As men their best apparel do. 
