...sorts take a pride to gird at me: the brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able lo vent any thing that tends to laughter, more than I invent,...in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. — Falstaff— Shakspeare. CCCCLXX. Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well, When our deep plots...

...sorts take a pride to gird' at me ; The brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to vent any thing that tends to laughter, more than I invent,...in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. 1 do here walk before thee, like a sow, that hath o'erwhclmed all her litter but one. If the »rince...

...at me. The brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent anything that intends to laughter more than I invent, or is invented on me; I am not only witty in 10 myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. I do here walk before thee like a sow that hath...

...all sorts take a pride to gird at me: the brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to . If I be so disgracious in your eye, Let me march on, and not offend you, madam. — Strike up overwhelm'd all her litter but one. If the prince put thee into my service for any other reason than...

...Sack, and that too he loves.20 Notice the variations Morris plays on Shakespeare's language: Falstaff's "I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men" (2 Henry IV 1.2.9-10) becomes "he is happy in himself, and makes you happy." Happiness replaces wit...

...about the whole thing. In my professional life, I take pride in the fact that, like Falstaff, I can be "not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men." In my line of work, I can't very well protest being the butt of my clients' jokes — at least they're...

...Vergänglichkeit: "The brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent anything that intends to laughter more than I invent, or is invented on...witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men."330 Falstaff bezieht sich teilweise auf Attribute des Älterwerdens wie zum Beipiel der Schwerhörigkeit,...

...analysis in Segal, Roman Laughter2, 53 ff. <J Cf. Falstaff's famous (and true) self-characterization: 'I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men' (2 Henry IV, i. ii. 10). The Brothers Menaechmus This is Plautus' only comedy of errors. His Hellenistic...

...gird at me: the brain of this foolish compounded clay-man is not able to invent anything that intends to laughter more than I invent, or is invented on...in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. (Act 1, sc. 2, lines 6-10) Are not the history plays completely both, drama and thought, an exploration...

...clay-nun is not able to invent anything that intends to laughter more than I invent, or is mvented on me; I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. (Act i, sc. a, lines 6-i0) Are not the history plays completely both, drama and thought, an exploration...