 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 394 lapas
...so full of subtile flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole life in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." 1 pass from Ben Jonson with one more remark, that his lyrics are among the most exquisite things in... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 842 lapas
...if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had rt solved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that might warrant be... | |
 | Charlotte G. Boger - 1881 - 256 lapas
...Mermaid Club, of which they were members. Beaumont thus gives his account of what took place there:— '' What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." Sir Walter Scott, in his History of the Drama, says of these twin authors' plays, that the plot was... | |
 | Mrs. Edmund Boger - 1881 - 260 lapas
...Club, of which they were members. Beaumont thus gives his account of what took place there : — " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." Sir Walter Scott, in his History of the Drama, says of these twin authors' plays, that the plot was... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1881 - 600 lapas
...seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard wurds that have been So nimhle, »nd so full of subtle flame. As it that every one from whom they came Had meant to put...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. Beaumont, Letter to Ben Jonson. Souls of poets dead and gone. What Elysium have ye known, Happy field... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881 - 744 lapas
...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,...a fool the rest Of his dull life : then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that might warrant be... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 304 lapas
...heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtile flame, As it that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. In further token of Shakespeare's having belonged to this merry parliament of genius, I must quote... | |
 | David Masson - 1881 - 878 lapas
...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 hie : then, when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past, —... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1883 - 544 lapas
...saw you ; for wit is like a rest Held up at Tennis, which men do the beat With the best gamesters. What things have we seen Done at the ' Mermaid ! '...rest Of his dull life ; then, when there hath been shown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that might warrant be For the whole... | |
 | John Dennis - 1883 - 430 lapas
...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 whom they came Had...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." In personal appearance Ben Jonson and Samuel Johnson had much in common. Every young reader can picture... | |
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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... 
