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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 anything 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 in other... "
The plays and poems of Shakspeare [according to the text of E. Malone] with ... - Page 132
by William Shakespeare - 1833
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Laconics, Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors: In Three Volumes, Volume 3

1856 - 374 pages
...me, Farewell her, whate'er she be. Sir W. Raleigh. CCCCLXIX. Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me : the brain of this foolish-compounded clay,...in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. — Falstaff— Shakspeare. CCCCLXX. Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well, When our d?ep plots...
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Laconics: Or the Best Words of the Best Authors ...

John Timbs - 1856 - 378 pages
...sorts," 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,...in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men." — Steele. MXI.II. Not so — a buck was then a week's repast, And 'twas their point, I ween, to make...
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The Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1856 - 628 pages
...all sorts (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,...in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.' 0. No. 50. FRIDAY, APRIL 27. Nnnquam ftllnd natora, aliud saplentia dixit, JUT. Good sense and naturo...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, with notes by R. Hurd, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1856 - 524 pages
...(says that merry knight) take a pride to gird at me. The brain of men is not able to invent anything that tends to laughter more than I invent, or is invented...in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men." No. 50. FEIDAY, APEIL 27. Nunquam aliud natura, aliud sapientia, dixit. JDv. the four Indian kings...
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The Works of Shakespeare: the Text Carefully Restored According to the First ...

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 602 pages
...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,...men. I do here walk before thee, like a sow that hath o'erwhelm'd all her litter- but one. If the prince put thee into my service for any other reason than...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 674 pages
...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...cause that wit is in other men. I do here walk before tb.ee like a sow that hath overwhelmed all her litter but one. If the prince put thee into my service...
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The Life of Sir John Falstaff

Robert Barnabas Brough - 1858 - 306 pages
...pride to gird at me : The brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to vent anything that tends to laughter, more than I invent, or is...in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men." KINO HENEI IV. Part 2. TO MARY E. (\ BROUGII. Mr DEAREST SISTER, THE following pages represent (if...
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The Plays of Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1858 - 832 pages
...take a pride to gird at me. The brain of this foolish-compounded clay, шап. ¡s not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter, more than I invent,...me : I am not only witty in myself, but the cause ( * ) Quarto, dare. (t) First folio, nor. • And do speak the truth, - ] Here, again, the quarto omits...
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The Plays of Shakespeare with the Poems, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1858 - 830 pages
...sorts take a pride to gird at me. The brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent ? • PAGE. He called me even now, my lord, through a red lattice/2) and I (*) Quarto, dart. (t) FIr«t folio, nor. * And do speak the truth. ] Here, again, the quarto omits...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: The Plays Ed. from the Folio of ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare, Richard Grant White - 1859 - 576 pages
...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,...men. I do here walk before thee like a sow that hath o'erwhelm'd all her litter but one : if the Prince put thee into my service for any other reason than...
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