| James Fenimore Cooper - 1832 - Страниц: 478
...true effects, or to their inherent justice. This " cheap defence," like the immortal Falstaff, who was not only witty himself, but the cause of wit in others, is the origin of a hundred sufficiently costly habits, that leave him who bears the burthen but little... | |
| David Vedder - 1832 - Страниц: 236
...the " shelties" move with unprecedented celerity — filled up every hiatus, in the conversation ; was not only witty himself, but the cause of wit in others j elicited songs, toasts, and sentiments, from those who never were known to commit themselves in that... | |
| 1833 - Страниц: 1032
...not only pleasant in itself, but the cause of pleasantness in others, as the fat knight of Shakspeare was not only witty himself, but the cause of wit in others. Authors, the bent of whose minds has been humorous, have made the ushering of a new comer into this... | |
| August Wilhelm von Schlegel - 1833 - Страниц: 488
...others, and to enter into those of which he is himself the subject, so that he justly boasts he is not only witty himself, but the cause of wit in others, he is an admirable companion for youthful idleness and levity. Under a helpless exterior, he conceals... | |
| William Hogarth - 1833 - Страниц: 538
...When we read this author, we feel that it may be as truly predicated of Hogarth as of Falstaff, that he was not only witty himself, but the cause of wit in other men. It must be allowed, however, that both he and Mr. Lamb are occasionally apt to see in Hogarth... | |
| 1833 - Страниц: 1056
...not only pleasant in itself, but the cause of pleasantness in others, as the fat knight of Shakspeare was not only witty himself, but the cause of wit in others. Authors, the bent of whose minds has been humorous, have made the ushering of a new comer into this... | |
| 1835 - Страниц: 508
...they will introduce you, will be a great world. It was said of a certain memorable character, that he was not only witty himself, but the cause of wit in other men. And so it may be said of a great writer, a man of large and full mind, that he not only... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1836 - Страниц: 418
...true effects, or to their inherent justice. This " cheap defence," like the immortal Falstaff, who was not only witty himself, but the cause of wit in others, is the origin of a hundred sufficiently costly habits, that leave him who bears the burthen but little... | |
| 1837 - Страниц: 652
...although Hugo was " the reverse of Falstaff in figure, he resembled that creature of imagination in being not only witty himself, but the cause of wit in others." He was bred to the bar, where he would have risen to eminence had not a severe asthma unfitted him for... | |
| August Wilhelm von Schlegel - 1840 - Страниц: 434
...others, and to enter into those of which he is himself the subject, so that he justly boasts he is not only witty himself, but the cause of wit in others, he is an admirable companion for youthful idleness and levity. Under a helpless exterior, he conceals... | |
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