 Tis plain enough he was no such; We grant, although he had much wit, He was very shy of using it; As being loth to wear it out. And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holy-days, or so, As men their best apparel do.  The Works of the English Poets: Butler - Página 6de Samuel Johnson - 1779Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | 1906 - 810 páginas
...the worst. YOUNG, Night Thoughts, IV, line 72 Wit. Although he had much wit. He was very shy of using it; As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holy-days, or so, As men their best apparel do. BUTLER, Hudibras, I, i, lines 45-50 Don't... | |
 | Edward Chauncey Baldwin, Harry Gilbert Paul - 1908 - 430 páginas
...much, Tis plain enough he was no such : 30 We grant, although he had much wit, H' was very shy of using it ; As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holy-days, or so, 35 As men their best apparel do. Besides, 'tis known he could speak Greek... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1911 - 784 páginas
...Butler : Hudibras. Pt. ii. Canto i. Line 269 We grant, altho' he had much wit, He was very shy of using it ; As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about ; Unless on holy-days, or so, As men their best apparel do. 5704 Butler : Hudibras. Pt. i. Canto i.... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 páginas
...'T is plain enough he was no such. We grant, although he had much wit, 45 H' was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holidays or so, As men their best apparel do. 60 Beside, 't is known he could speak Greek... | |
 | 1867 - 420 páginas
...substratum in real life. Butler says : "We grant although he had much wit, H' was very shy of using it ; As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about ; Unless on Holy days, or so, As men their best apparel do. For Rhetoric he could not ope His mouth... | |
 | Stephen C. Manganiello - 2004 - 632 páginas
...much, 'Tis plain enough he was no such; We grant, although he had much wit, He was very shy of using it; As being loth to wear it out. And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holy-days, or so, As men their best apparel do. Beside, 'tis known he could speak Greek As... | |
 | Ed. B. R. Kishore - 196 páginas
...prudent in their own sight! Old Testament, Isaiah. WIT Although he had much wit, He was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holy-days, or so, As men their best apparel do. -Butler, Hudibras. True wit is nature to... | |
 | 1882 - 708 páginas
...contained in these lines from Budibras : — " We grant, although he had much wit, He was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holidays or so, As men their best apparel do." This is how the same whimsical notion was... | |
 | Edwin Markham - 1927 - 388 páginas
...much; 'Tis plain enough he was no such. We grant, although he had much wit, He was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holy-days, or so, As men their best apparel do. Besides, 'tis known he could speak Greek... | |
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