 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 514 pages
...pride to gird at me: 7 The brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to vent any thing that tends to laughter, more than I invent, or is...in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. I do here walk before thee, like a sow, that hath overwhelmed all her litter but one. If the prince... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...(says that merry knight) take a pride to gird at me. The brain of man is not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter more than I invent, or is invented on me. I am not only witty in myself, the cause that wit is in other men.' No. 50. FRIDAY, APRIL 27. - Nunquam aliud natura, aliud sapientia... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1811 - 456 pages
...pride to gird at me; the brain of this foolishcorapounded clay, man, is not able to produce any thing that tends to laughter, more than I invent, or is invented on me. I am not only witty myself, but the cause that wit is in other men." Contrary to the fashion of Shakspeare's age, Falstaff... | |
 | 1812 - 470 pages
...pride to gird at me; the brain of this foolishcompounded clay, man, is not able to produce any thing that tends to laughter, more than I invent, or is invented on me. I am not only witty myself, but the cause that wit is in other men." Contrary to the fashion of Shakspeare's age, Falataff... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 454 pages
...pride to gird at me : The brain ol this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to vent any thing that tends to laughter, more than I invent, or is invented on me : I am not only wnty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. I do here walk before thee, like a sow, that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 942 pages
...foolish-compounded clay, man, i* not able to vent any thing that tends to laughter, inore than I invent, or u invented on me : I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. I do here walk before thee, like a sow, that hath overwhelmed all her litter hut one. If the prince... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pages
...says that merry knight, ' take a pride to gird at me. The brain of man is not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter more than I invent, or is 'invented...in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.' APDISON. * *• NO. 48. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, Per multas aditwn sibi scepe ftguras Rcpperit Ovib. Met.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 478 pages
...pride to gird at me : The brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to vent any thing that tends to laughter, more than I invent, or is...in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. I do here walk before thee, like a sow, that hath overwhelmed all her litter but one. If the prince... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 370 pages
...says that merry knight, ' take a pride to gird at me. The brain of man is notable to invent any thing that tends to laughter more than I invent, or is invented...in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.' C. N° 48. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1711. Per multas aditum iibi sapifgurai Repperit OVID, Met. xiv. 652.... | |
 | Paul Sebright - 1820 - 806 pages
...have been traced to their origin in the play of his passions; and, as Falstaff says of himself — " I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men ;" so it might have been said of lord Kingsdown, that as he was learned in nature only, nature was... | |
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Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me : the brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter*, more than I invent, or is invented on me : I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is... 
