What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. Outlook and Independent - Página 1161900Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Leigh Hunt - 1841 - 378 páginas
...With the best gamesters. What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Hard words that have been Bo nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they enmo Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest. And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of... | |
| Francis Beaumont - 1843 - 114 páginas
...witcombats0", in which, to the delight of the company, Shakespeare and Jonson would frequently engage ; " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough... | |
| Francis Beaumont - 1846 - 556 páginas
...saw you ; for wit is like a rest ° Held up at tennis, which men do the best With the best gamesters. What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ' ! heard...have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, 1 leys] ie bows. • vie are all equal every whit, &c.] Seward, at Sympson's suggestion, pointed the... | |
| Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 páginas
...saw you ; for wit is like a rest Held up at tennis, which men do the best With the best gamesters : what things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtile flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1843 - 690 páginas
...them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson, from the country: — -- " What things have we seen, Done at the MERMAID ! heard words that have been So nimble, and so lull of subtle flame, As i Г that every one from whom they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1843 - 970 páginas
...to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson, from the country: — " What things have we seen, Done at the MERMAID ! heard words that have been So nimble, and ко full of subtle llame, As if that every one from whom they came. Had meant to put his whole wit... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 páginas
...saw you ; for wit is like a rest Held up at tennis, which men do the best, With the be*t gamesters : )4M k" R 7Ӱ ă K T\ 2;`)6MX $ r7 &;8$ "L Z+ x y 8 ... K$ =d % dN); S A Zt ! M tC \ 7 lifs : then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit... | |
| William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1844 - 600 páginas
...respect." Of what passed at these many assemblies Beaumont thus speaks, addressing Ben Jonson : — ." What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." The Mitre, in Fleet Street, seems to have... | |
| Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1844 - 424 páginas
...to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson from the country, — " What things have we seen Done at the MERMAID! heard...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." In a tract, by Thomas Middleton, quoted by... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1844 - 598 páginas
...respect.'" Of what passed at these many assemblies Beaumont thus speaks, addressing Ben Jonson : — •" What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." " which two I behold like a Spanish great... | |
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