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... Salad for the Solitary - 2. lappuseautors: Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 284 lapasPilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
| 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
...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> And had... | |
| Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 lapas
...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 ! 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 - 728 lapas
...themselves; " For wit is like a res/, 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 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 had resolved... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 lapas
...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,... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 538 lapas
...and interesting " wit-combats" took place between Shakspeare and our author; and hither, in probable allusion to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts...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," &c. Fairer... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 546 lapas
...and interesting " wit-combats" took place between Shakspeare and our author ; and hither, in probable allusion 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,... | |
| 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, And had... | |
| 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 was on... | |
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