 | Francis Beaumont - 1750 - 560 pages
...Warrant be' For the whole City to talk foolijhly Till that were cancett'd; and when that was gone We lejt an Air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next Companies Right witty; tho' but downright Fools, meerWife. Beaum/mf's Letter to Jonfok, Vol. xp 366. Hitherto the Reader has... | |
 | 1797 - 752 pages
...davspalt; wit that niight warrant be •• ; :':Fwihe wholrchy totalk'fo6lilhly•' '!::?':^5Filt'?&at were cancell'd ; and when that was gone .-. )We left an air behind' us, which alone XV. i., able to make the two next companies , though but fools, raeer^wife." i^Ben JfinXon j.and.to... | |
 | William Godwin - Great Britain - 1804 - 554 pages
...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 three days...might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly *Itill that were cancell'd ; and', when that was CHAP. xxxvi. gone, , , . We left an air behind us... | |
 | William Godwin - Great Britain - 1804 - 536 pages
...were cancell'd; and, when that was CHAP gone, XXXVI 'We left an air behind us which alone : 13 7*Was able' to make the two next companies Right witty; though but downright fools, mere wise. VERSES OF BEAUMONT TO JONSON, anilCXed to the Comedy of the Nice Valour or the Passionate Madman. A... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 802 pages
...the town For three dales past, wit that might warrant be For the whole city to takr foolishly C, ' Till that were cancell'd, and when that was gone We left an aire behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next companies [wise : Right witty, though but... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 712 pages
...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 three days...make the two next companies Right witty; though but downrightyook, mere wise." BEAUMONT'S LETTER to JONSOJT, vol. x. Hitherto the reader has received only... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 728 pages
...3.jcst, 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 three days...For the whole city to talk foolishly 'Till that were canccll'd ; and when that was gone \ We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 pages
...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 three days past : wit that might warrant be For the whde city to talk foolishly 'Till that were cancell'd : and when that was gone. We left an air behind... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 pages
...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...For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancelled ; and when that was gone We left an air behind us, which alone of faith in the testimony... | |
 | John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger - Authors, English - 1820 - 470 pages
...contemplate this poetical state of society, it Of his dull life. — Then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days...that might warrant be, For the whole city to talk polishly, 'Till that were cancelled, and when that was gone, We left an air behind us — which alone... | |
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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... 
