 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!  London - Sivu 372tekijä(t) Joseph Curtis Platt, George Lillie Craik - 1851Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Francis Beaumont - 1750 - 560 sivua
...like a Reft, Held up at Tennis, which Men do the bejl With the left Gamejlers. What things have wefeen Done at the Mer-maid ! heard Words that have been So nimble and fo full of fubtle Flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole Wit... | |
 | William Godwin - 1803 - 700 sivua
...celebrated the convivial meetings he had been accustomed to Jiold with Shakespear, Fletcher and Jonson. • 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,... | |
 | William Godwin - 1804 - 536 sivua
...the convivial meetings he had been accustomed to hold with Shakespear, Fletcher and Jonson. gay and 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 cam«v Had meant to put his whole wit in ajest>... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 806 sivua
...the most ; Methinks the little wit I had is lost Since I saw you, for a wit is like a rest, Held up a tennis, which men do the best With the best gamesters : what things have we sent Done at the Mermaid ? Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtill flame, As if... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 712 sivua
...could at one time boast? where animated each by the other's presence, they even excelled themselves; For wit is like a rest, Held up at tennis, which men...have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that hare been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 728 sivua
...may perchance equivocate At selling of a horse, and that's the most. Methinks the little wit I had is lost Since I saw you ; for wit is like a rest Held up at tennis,5 which men do the best With the best gamesters : what things have we seen Done at the Mermaid... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 sivua
...may perchance equivocate At selling of a horse, and tliat's the most. Methinks the little wit I had is lost Since I saw you ; for wit is like a rest Held up at tennis,5 which men do die best With the best gamesters: what things have we seen Done at the Mermaid... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 sivua
...us the following fascinating account of their meetings, in his poetical epistle to Ben Jonson : . " 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 whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 546 sivua
...to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson, from thecountry. • " 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 whom they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,"... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 538 sivua
...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 full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,"... | |
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