 | Paul Sebright - 1820 - 806 pages
...have been traced to their origin in the play of his passions; and, as Falstaff says of himself — " I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men ;" so it might have been said of lord Kingsdown, that as he was learned in nature only, nature was... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 498 pages
...take a pride to gird at me 8 : The brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to vent any thing that tends to laughter, more than I invent,...in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. I do here walk before thee, like a sow, that hath overwhelmed all her litter but one. If the prince... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1822 - 788 pages
...manner : ' Men of all sorts,' says that merry knight, 'take a pride to ;ird at me. The brain of any ll tel olhe'r men.' ADDISOX. •. C. N° 48. WEDNESDAY, AP1UL 25, 1711. Frr mullai adilum tM tirfe fgurat... | |
 | English essays - 1823 - 406 pages
...gets the laugh of his side, and turns the ridicule upon him that attacks him. Sir John Falstaff was a hero of this species, and gives a good description...in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.' No. 48. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1711. —Per multas adilum sibi sajtejiguras Sepperit — OVID. MET. xiv.... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 356 pages
...gets the laugh of his side, and turns the ridicule upon him that attacks him. Sir John Falstaff was a hero of this species, and gives a good description...myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.'— -C. N° 48. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 171 1. Per multas aditum sibi stepe figures Repperit OVID. Met. xiv.... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 632 pages
...gets the laugh of his side, and turns the ridicule upon him that attacks him. Sir John Falstaff was a hero of this species, and gives a good description...in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.' — C. N° 48. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1711. -Per multas aditum sibi ssepe figures Repperit OVID. Met.... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 884 pages
...gets the laugh of his side, and turns the ridicule upon him that attacks him. Sir John Falstaff was a hero of this species, and gives a good description...not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is iu other men.' NO. 48. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1711. — Per mu !! us aditum sibi stepe flguras Bepperii—... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 450 pages
...was an hero of this species, and gives a good description of himself in his capacity of a butt, afier the following manner: 'Men of all sorts,' says that...in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.' C. N°48. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1711. ' Per mnltus adit um sibi scepd jiguras Repperit — — — OVID,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 590 pages
...take a pride to gird at me 7 : The brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to vent any thing that tends to laughter, more than I invent,...in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. I do here walk before thee, like a sow, that hath overwhelmed all her litter but one. If the prince... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 372 pages
...sorts take a pride to gird at me : The brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to vent any thing that tends to laughter, more than I invent,...in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. I do here walk before thee, like a sow, that hath overwhelmed all her litter but one. If the prince... | |
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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 any thing 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... 
