...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...

...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...

...of graphic wit. 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...

...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...

...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...

...which 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...

...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...

...select to stand by, since both are false, as I will prove by yourself. Falstaff was accustomed to say, that he was not only witty himself, but the cause of wit in others ; and I may, without a metaphor, say of your 38 page letter of Aug. 29, '32, that it is not only a...

...subject, Augustus Caesar was an arch wag, and so to speak, the emperor of all the jokers. Like Falstaff, he was not only witty himself, but the cause of wit in others ; as the following epigram on his nautical disasters fully justifies. " Postquam bia classe victus...

...the triumphant snappings of the thumb and finger — the ecstatic rubbing of the palms. As Falstaff was not only witty himself, but the cause of wit in others ; so art thou, not only wicked, but an instigation to wickedness in me. Else, why the abominable exultation...