 | Charles Stewart - 1901 - 222 pages
...forget the name of the poet who described him): "... alt ho' 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." Lowell's witticisms were always at the tip... | |
 | William Vincent Byars - 1901 - 610 pages
...hour. — Herbert: « Temple. Church Porch* We grant, altho' 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. — Butler; • tfuditros.* Too much or... | |
 | W. V. Byars - 1901 - 616 pages
...—Herbert; • Tern pie. Church Parch.* We grant, altho' 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. — Butler; « Hudibras* Too much or too... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 534 pages
...much, '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. Besides, 'tis known he could speak Greek... | |
 | 1906 - 810 pages
...the worst. YOUNG, Night Thoughts, IV, line 72 Wit. 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. BUTLER, Hudibras, I, i, lines 45-50 Don't... | |
 | Edward Chauncey Baldwin, Harry Gilbert Paul - 1908 - 430 pages
...much, Tis plain enough he was no such : 30 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, 35 As men their best apparel do. Besides, 'tis known he could speak Greek... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1911 - 784 pages
...Butler : Hudibras. Pt. ii. Canto i. Line 269 We grant, altho' 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. 5704 Butler : Hudibras. Pt. i. Canto i.... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, John William Cunliffe, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Harry Morgan Ayres, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer - 1917 - 1460 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. He was in Logic a great critic, Profoundly... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1924 - 414 pages
...memory, much power of application, and a * 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. Hudibras. facility of learning rapidly whatever... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 pages
...'T is plain enough he was no such. We grant, although he had much wit, 45 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. 60 Beside, 't is known he could speak Greek... | |
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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. 
