 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 520 pages
...! Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 670 pages
...Hopkins had great qualms, When they translated David's Psalms." Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 544 pages
...! Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,...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... | |
 | 1845 - 410 pages
...whole wit in a jest, And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life : then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For...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... | |
 | 1845 - 570 pages
...whole wit in a jest, And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life : then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 540 pages
...! Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 432 pages
...: the race is nearly extinct of itself, and can do little more good or harm ! Then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For...warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly.!" I cannot say the same of the S , though it stands on classic ground, and is connected by local tradition... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...With the best gamesters : what things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ; heard words that have been So y harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide,...public means, which public manners breeds, Thence hi« dull life : then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1847 - 342 pages
...watch. CHAPTER XXXIV. What things have we seen Done at THE MERMAID : heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every...they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest ! BEAUMONT. But that which most doth take my Muse and me, Is a pure cup of rich Canary wine, Which... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 pages
...things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtile flame, As if that every one from whence they came...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then whea there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past — wit that might... | |
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What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame 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. 
