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" I might say, element ; but the word is over-worn. [Exit, Via. 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... "
The Works: Of Shakespear. In which the Beauties Observed by Pope, Warburton ... - Page 116
by William Shakespeare - 1771
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...lhat 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 at every feather That comes be/ore his eye. This is a practice, As full of labour as a wise man's art: For folly, lhat he wisely...
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...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 at every...feather That comes before his eye. This is a practice, At ftul of labour as a wise man's art : For folly, that he wisely shows, is fit ; Bat wise men, folly-fallen,...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare: With a Life, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1828 - 404 pages
...well, craves a" kind of wit : He must ohserve their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time ; And, like the haggard, check at every feather That comes hefore his eye. This is a practice, As full of lahour as a wise man's art : For folly, that he wisely...
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Calcutta Magazine and Monthly Register, Volumes 33-36

1832 - 520 pages
...that well, ri-Hves a kind of wit : He must observe their mood on whom hejesfg, The quality of persons, and the time; And, like the haggard, check at every...feather That comes before his eye. This is a practice A« full of labour as a wise man's art. " Twelfth flight. A venerable-looking Moolla, with a flowing,...
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The English Annual, for ..., Volume 3

Gift books - 1836 - 456 pages
...that well craves a kind of wit : He must observe their mood on whom he jots, The quality of persons, and the time, And, like the haggard, check at every...feather That comes before his eye. This is a practice At full of labour as the wise man's art. — Shakspeare. "FcrnO, for O, the hobby-horse is forgot."...
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Shakspeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet, Criticisms on ...

Nathan Drake - English literature - 1838 - 744 pages
...Twelfth TVight, where Viola tells the Clown that " He must observe their mood on whom he jests — nce rather lo call him home from his error, than with the strength of ang Act iii. sc. 1. The phrase to whistle off will be best explained by a simile in Burton, which opens...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Life. New facts regarding the life ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 608 pages
...observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time ; And, like the haggard,1 check at every feather That comes before his eye. This is a practice, As full of labor as a wise man's art : For folly, that he wisely shows, is fit ; But wise men, folly-fallen, quite...
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The plays and poems of Shakespeare, according to the improved text ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1842 - 400 pages
...their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time ; And, like the haggard,1 check 2 at every feather That comes before his eye. This is a practice, As full of labor as a wise man's art : For folly, that he wisely shows, is fit ; But wise men, folly-fallen, quite...
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Shakespeare [sic] and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet ...

Nathan Drake - English literature - 1843 - 970 pages
...his Twelfth Night, where Viola tells the Clown that " He must observe their mood on whom he jests— en hath she gossip'd by my side; And sat with Act iii. sc. 1. The phrase to whistle off will be best explained by a simile in Burton, whicl opens...
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Shakspeare and his times

Nathan Drake - 1843 - 690 pages
...Twelfth Night, where Viola tells the Clown that " He must observe their mood on whom he jestsAnil, like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his eye." Act iii. sc. 1. The phrase to whistle off will be best explained by a simile in Burton, which opens...
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