" said some of the witty ones of the town.
" "She's quite full of 'Portulak,'" said a little common duck, who was witty.
The eel-breeder was a witty fellow, a merry guest, and brought a measure of brandy with him.
He was as good-tempered as the third, but no poet, though he could be witty.
Was not that witty?
He had not been prepared for a speech of this kind, and had not a word to say, though he intended to say something witty.
I lie on the sea-shore," said Corsøe; "I have high-roads and pleasure-gardens; I have given birth to a poet who was witty and entertaining, which they are not all.
"You may as well laugh," said the turkey; "for that remark was rather witty, or perhaps it was above you.
" laughed Polly, and repeated his witty saying, "Now let us be men.
" "Oh," replied the man, with a smile; "and yet they are very witty, and are much read at Court.
