 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...  Table-talk; or, Original essays - Seite 62von William Hazlitt - 1824Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 288 Seiten
...meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; that when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 Seiten
...whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life : then when there had d and digested : that is, some books are to be read...read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read w Till that were cancelled ; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1878 - 560 Seiten
...Had meant to put his 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...might warrant be 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 288 Seiten
...meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; that when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify...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... | |
 | George Walter Thornbury - 1880 - 604 Seiten
...jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. Then, when there hath been thrown \Vit able enough to justify the town For three days past...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... | |
 | David Masson - 1881 - 878 Seiten
...Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull hie : then, when there hath been thrown Wit able enough...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... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881 - 744 Seiten
...whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life : then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For...might warrant be 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... | |
 | 1881 - 578 Seiten
...Had meant to put his whole wit In a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life t Cochrane post— wit that might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancelled ; and,... | |
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