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" A good sherrissack hath a twofold operation in it: it ascends me into the brain, dries me there all the foolish and dull and crudy vapours which environ it, makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble, fiery and delectable shapes, which delivered... "
Memoirs of the legal, literary, and political life of ... John Philpot Curran - Page 217
by William O'Regan - 1817 - 315 pages
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 632 pages
...sherris-sack hath a twofold operation in it. It ascends me into the brain; dries me there all the foolish, and dull, and crudy vapours which environ it: makes it...full of nimble, fiery, and delectable shapes; which deliver'd o'er to the voice, (the tongue,) which is the birth, becomes excellent wit. The second property...
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King Henry the Fourth: A Historical Play, Parts 1-2

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 154 pages
...hath a two-fold operation in it. It ascends me into the brain; dries me there all the foolish, and dull, and crudy vapours which environ it : makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble, firy, and delectable shapes ; which deliver' d o'er to the voice, (the tongue,) which is the birth,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 502 pages
...hath a two-fold operation in it. It ascends me into the brain; dries me there all the foolish, and dull, and crudy vapours which environ it: makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive 79, full of nimble, fiery, and delectable shapes; which deliver'd o'er to the voice, (the tongue,)...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 pages
...hath a two-fold operation in it. It ascends me into the brain ; dries me there all the foolish, and dull, and crudy vapours which environ it: makes it...full of nimble, fiery, and delectable shapes; which deliver'd o'er to the voice, (the tongue,) which is the birth, becomes excellent wit. The second property...
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“The” Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 494 pages
...ascends me into the brain; dries me there all ihe foolish, and dull, and crudy vapour* which crtviron'it: makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble , fiery , and delectable shapes ; which delHer'd o'er to the voice, (the tongue,) which is the birth, becomes excellent wit. 'The second porperty...
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The Panoplist (and Missionary magazine) conducted by an association of ...

1810 - 596 pages
...could ever discover in Sherris Sack. "It ascends me into the brain ; dries me there all the foolish and dull and crudy vapours, which environ it : makes it...forgetive, full of nimble, fiery and delectable shapes." These properties it has in common with sack ; in other respects it resembles the wonderworking afflatus...
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Essays on Shakespeare's Dramatic Characters: With an Illustration of ...

William Richardson - 1812 - 468 pages
...sack hath a two .fold operation: it ajeends me into the brain : drives me there all the foolish, and dull, and crudy vapours, which environ it : makes...over to the voice (the tongue) which is the birth, becomes excellent wit. , But Falstaff is not more distinguished for wit than humour : and affords some...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...all the foolish, dull and crudy vapors which environ it ; makes it apprehensive, quick, inventive ; full of nimble, fiery and delectable shapes ; which...over to the voice) the tongue, which is the birth, becomes excellent wit. The second property- of your excellent sherris, is the warming of Ihe blood...
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The Emporium of Arts & Sciences, Volume 1

John Redman Coxe, Thomas Cooper - 1815 - 554 pages
...hath a two-fold operation in it ; it ascends me into the brain; dries me there all the dull, foolish and crudy vapours which environ it ; makes it apprehensive,...full of nimble, fiery and delectable shapes, which being delivered over to the voice, the tongue which is the birth, becomes excellent wit. The second...
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Elements of Criticism, Volume 1

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 428 pages
...for inflammation. A good sherris-sack hath a two-fold operation in if. it ascends me into the brain ; dries me there all the foolish, dull, and crudy vapours...nimble, fiery, and delectable shapes ; which delivered o'er to the voice, the tongue, which is the birth, becomes excellent wit. The second property of your...
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