...; that 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...an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next companies (Eight witty, though but downright fools) more wise. Francis Beaumont. THE RED LION,...

...life : then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be...be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by o two next companies Right witty ; though but downright fools, mere wise. On the Tombs in Westminster,...

...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 cancell'd ; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two...

...meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolvud to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. * * * We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next companies Right witty, though but downright fools. Of all these flashes of wit and sentiment,...

...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 cancell'd : and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two...

...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...companies Right witty ; though but downright fools, seem wise." But in after years, and when associated with a younger set of poets, Jonson reigned supreme...

...life; that 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...an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next companies (Right witty, though but downright fools) more wise. Francis Beaumont. THE BED LION,...

...Then, when there hath been thrown \Vit able enough to justify the town For three days past — wit that might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly...an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next companies Right witty ; though but downright fools, more wise." " Many," says Fuller, " were...

...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...an air behind us which alone Was able to make the two next companies Right witty, though but downright fools." 3 i Stow's Survey, 1603, p. 350. Oldys...

...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...an air behind us which alone Was able to make the two next companies Eight witty, though but downright look."3 1 Stow's Survey, 1603, p. 350. Oldys in...