...would speedily be found necessary to have him removed to more comfortable quarters. For not only is he witty in himself, but the cause that wit is in other men. It is impossible to converse with him for five minutes running without becoming in some measure affected...

...more and more facetious, and at last falls to downright punning ; thus showing that Falstaflf is " not only witty in himself, but the cause that wit is in other men." Crosses were pieces of money. H. 84 This alludes to a common but cruel diversion of boys, called filliping...

...seated on his lap, and he is courting her for busses." t Sir John, although, as he truly declares, " not only witty in himself, but the cause that wit is in other men," is by no means a purely comic character. Were he no more than this, the stern words of Henry to his...

...the phenomenon of the poet, the philosopher and the politician combined in one. Falstaff-likc, he is not only witty in himself, ' but the cause that wit is in other men.' So popular is he as a paragraphist that a volume of his wit and wisdom has been widely circulated....

...the doctor made everyone Fuller -."t In other words, our facetious Divine was, as Falstaff puts it, " Not only witty in himself, but the cause that wit is in other men." That wit, whose essence is its conciseness, as Shakespeare says : " Brevity is the soul of wit, And...

...grows more and more facetious, and at last falls to downright punning; thus showing that Falstaff is "not only witty in himself, but the cause that wit is in other men." Crosses were pieces of money. See As You Like It, page 61, note I. 81 This alludes to a common but...

...grows more and more facetious, and at last falls to downright punning ; thus showing that Falstaff is " not only witty in himself, but the cause that wit is in other men." Crosses wee pieces of money. See As You Like It, page 61, note i. 81 This alludes to a common but cruel...

...the doctrine a reality beyond gainsaying except it be the sanctity of wedded love ? As Falstaff is not only witty in himself but the cause that wit is in other men, so Kingsley's heroines are not only faithful themselves but the cause that faith enters into their...

...seated on his lap, and he is courting her for busses." f Sir John, although, as he truly declares, " not only witty in himself, but the cause that wit is in other men," is by no means a purely comic character. Were he no more than this, the stern words of Henry to his...

...he is with those who understand him and whose minds and feelings respond to his. He will then be " not only witty in himself, but the cause that wit is in other men." It is the same with interesting talk, the talk that is full of little surprises from the uncommon way...