 | Francis Beaumont - 1750 - 560 lapas
...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 - 1804 - 536 lapas
...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 full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they cam«v Had meant to put his whole wit in ajest> And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 728 lapas
...by Beaumont, in the following passage of a letter from him to Ben Jonson : 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 teil in a jest,... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 lapas
...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 ! 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,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 712 lapas
...heard words that hare 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 resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able' enough... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 lapas
...a rest, With the best gamesters. What things have we seen Held up at tennis, which men do the best Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, As if that every one from whence they came And had resolved... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 lapas
...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,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 546 lapas
...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...they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest," &c. Fairer prospects now began to open on Jonson ; Elizabeth was frugal, and paid as grudgingly for... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1817 - 708 lapas
...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...they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, &c." * For the expression " wit-combats," in this interesting passage, we must refer to Fuller, who,... | |
 | 1925 - 948 lapas
...town and at work, sadly dreams of "the full Mermaid wine," and recalls the words that there he had heard : — " Words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle Same, Af if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put hie whole wit in a .'.ml had resolved... | |
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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. 
