I might say, element ; but the word is over-worn. [Exit. Vio. This fellow's wise enough to play the fool ; And, to do that well, craves a kind of wit : He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time ; And, like the haggard',... The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare: With a Life - Page 228by William Shakespeare - 1828Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1839 - 608 pages
...what you would, are out of my welkin ; I might say, element ; but the word is over-worn. [Exit. Vio. This fellow's wise enough to play the fool ; And to do that well, craves a kind of wit : He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time ; And, like the haggard,1... | |
| William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...would almost damn those ears, Which, hearing them, would call their brothers, fools. 9— i. 1. 181 This fellow's wise enough to play the fool; And, to do that well, craves a kind of wit : He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time ; And, like the haggard,*... | |
| E. Phipps - English drama - 1839 - 612 pages
...be troubled again. CHAPTER XIII. You have bereft me of all words, lady. SHAKSPEARE. This fellow is wise enough to play the fool ; And to do that well, craves a kind of wit. He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of the persons and the time. This is a practice, As... | |
| August Wilhelm von Schlegel - Drama - 1840 - 424 pages
...never now * See Hamlet's praise of Yorick.— In The Twelfth Night, Viola says : — This fellow is wise enough to play the fool ; And to do that well craves a kind of wit ; He most observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of the persons, and the time ; And like the haggard,... | |
| William Shakespeare, Michael Henry Rankin - 1841 - 266 pages
...the matter that is then born in it. Antony and Cleopatra. Act ii. Scene 2, FOOLERY A SCIENCE. Viola. This fellow's wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well, craves a kind of wit; He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time; And, like the haggard, check... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1841 - 362 pages
...are out of my welkin ; I might say, element ; but the word is over-worn. [Exit. Vio. This fellow 's wise enough to play the fool • And, to do that well, craves a kind of wit : He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time ; And, like the haggard,1... | |
| Richard Winter Hamilton - Literature - 1841 - 662 pages
...the Clown is always present to him. Viola says of the clown in the Twelfth Night : " This fellow 's wise enough to play the fool ; And, to do that well, craves a kind of wit : He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons and the time ; And, like the haggard, check... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1842 - 394 pages
...what you would, are out of my welkin; I might say, element; but the word is over-worn. [Exit. J'w. This fellow's wise enough to play the fool; And, to do that well, craves a kind of wit: He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time; And, like the haggard 5,... | |
| William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 560 pages
...what you would, are out of my welkin : I might say element, but the word is overworn8. [Exit. Vio. This fellow's wise enough to play the fool, And to do that well craves a kind of wit : He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time, 6 Would not a pair of these... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1842 - 400 pages
...are out of my welkin ; I might say, element ; but the word is over- worn. [Exit. Vio. This fellow 's wise enough to play the fool . And, to do that well, craves a kind of wit : He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time ; And, like the haggard,1... | |
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