 Methinks the little wit I had is lost Since I 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!  Memoirs of Mr. John Tobin ... - 137. lappuseautors: John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger - 1820 - 444 lapasPilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 802 lapas
...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 tetn Done at the Mermaid ? H^ard words that have been So nimble, and so full ofsubtill flame, As if... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 712 lapas
...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...best With the best gamesters. What things have we seeii Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that hare been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 728 lapas
...the subtlest pate Amongst us, 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 lapas
...the subtlest pate Amongst us, 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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 lapas
...country style : — In this warm shi I lie, and dream of your full Mermaid wiiie. * * * " • • . • Methinks the little wit I had, is lost, Since I saw...best With the best gamesters. What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ? Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle ñame, As if... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 lapas
...this that keeps our minds fit for our states, A medicine to obey our magistrates. * * *»»»»• Methinks the little wit I had is lost Since I saw you, for wit is like a rest * So in Rochester's Epigram. " Sternhold and Hopkins had great qualms, When they translated David's... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 372 lapas
...'Tis this that keeps our minds fit for our states, A medicine to obey our magistrates. * * ***•«* Methinks the little wit I had is lost Since I saw you, for wit is like a rest * So in Rochester's Epigram. " Sternhold and Hopkins had great qualms, When they translated David's... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 lapas
...Rochester^ Epigram. " Sternhold and Hopkins had great qualms, When they translated David's Psalms." Held up at tennis, which men do the best With the best gamesters. What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtile flame, As if... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1822 - 430 lapas
...our country style : — in this warm shine I lie, and dream of your full Mermaid wine. * • * * * * Methinks the little wit I had, is lost, Since I saw...best With the best gamesters. What things have we seen Done in- the Mermaid ? Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if... | |
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