| William Hazlitt - 1845 - 432 páginas
...to die a natural death : the race is nearly extinct of itself, and can do little more good or harm ! Then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to...warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly.!" I cannot say the same of the S , though it stands on classic ground, and is connected by local tradition... | |
| Cornelius Webbe - 1845 - 398 páginas
...Mermaid ? Hard words that were So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And...a 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... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1845 - 670 páginas
...words that have been « So nimble, and so full of subtile 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 * So in Rochester's epigram : — " Bternhold and Hopkins had great qualms, When they translated David's... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1845 - 232 páginas
...words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtile 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 * So in Rochester's epigram : — " Slernhold and Hopkins had great qualms, When they translated David's... | |
| 1845 - 440 páginas
...' So nimble and so full of subtle flame. As if Umt every one from whom they came Hod meant to 'piH his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Ofhisdulllife.1 ' I was all ear to hear,' and took in jests < whj * Such of the descendants of Jacob... | |
| 1845 - 410 páginas
...words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtile flame, As if that every one from whence they came 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... | |
| 1845 - 570 páginas
...words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtile flame, As if that every one from whence they came 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... | |
| 1845 - 864 páginas
...snbtlo florae, As if that every one from whom they came Hail meant to put his whole wit in a jnst, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.' ' I was all ear to hear,' and took in jests ' which mi?* * Snch of the descendants of Jacob as hold... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 páginas
...words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they , all this is but a dream ; Too nattering sweet to had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that mijht warrant be... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 páginas
...words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they , which public manners breeds, Thence hi« dull life : then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days... | |
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