 | William Godwin - 1804 - 536 lapas
...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>... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 lapas
...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...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,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 728 lapas
...animated each by the other's presence, they even excelled themselves; " For wit is like a res/, Held up at tennis, which men do the best With the...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... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 lapas
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 lapas
...that he had our Poet, among others, in his eye, when he wrote those celebrated lines to Ben Jonson : " Methinks the little wit I had is lost Since I saw...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 - 538 lapas
...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,"... | |
 | John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger - 1820 - 470 lapas
...up at Tennis * which men do the best With the best gamesters. What things have we see1!* 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,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 670 lapas
...wit-combats," of which Beaumont several years after, in his letter to Jonson from the country, says, 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. It... | |
 | Nathan Drake (M.D.) - 1824 - 656 lapas
...wit-combats," of which Beaumont several years after, in his letter to Jonson from the country, says, 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. It... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 344 lapas
...wit-combats," of which Beaumont several years after, in his letter to Jonson from the country, says, 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. It... | |
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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... 
