| David Masson - 1859 - 714 pages
...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...companies Right witty, though but downright fools." 3 The date of the merry meetings thus alluded to, with snch a sense of after-relish, by one who so... | |
| David Masson - 1859 - 714 pages
...days past — wit that might warrant bo For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were canccll'd; and, when that was gone, We left an air behind us,...companies Right witty, though but downright fools." a The date of the merry meetings thus alluded to, with such a sense of after-relish, by one who so... | |
| Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1859 - 730 pages
...be For the whole city to talk foolishly, Till that were cancelled ; and when that was gone, ЛУе left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make...companies Right witty ; though but downright fools, mero wise." Beaumont, as has been remarked of English poets generally, seems to have been handsome... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 554 pages
...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 whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancelled, and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next... | |
| David Masson - 1859 - 718 pages
...the rest Of his dull life; then, when there hath been thrown ЛУН able enougli to justify the town For three days past — wit that might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly ТШ that were cancell'd; and, when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1860 - 396 pages
...fool the rest Of his dull life : then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that might warrant be For...companies Right witty ; though but downright fools were wise. When I remember this, * * * * * * I needs must cry I see my days of ballading grow nigh... | |
| Charles Knight - 1860 - 576 pages
...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...next companies Right witty : though but downright foola, mere wise." The play at the Blackfriars would be over at five o'clock. The gallants who came... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1860 - 392 pages
...fool the rest Of his dull life : then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that might warrant be For...which alone Was able to make the two next companies Eight witty ; though but downright fools were wise. \Vhen I remember this, * * * * * * I needs must... | |
| Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1860 - 370 pages
...Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life and when that was gone, We left an air behind us,...companies (Right witty, though but downright fools) more wise.'' A modern writer has compared these meetings to the "Nodes Ambrosiance." Happier far the wits... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 pages
...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 whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancelled ; and, when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two... | |
| |