 | John Dennis - 1883 - 426 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... | |
 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1883 - 384 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,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." Of the English dramatic poets who lived about the time of Shakespeare, all but Chapman, were born in... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1883 - 576 lapas
...have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had mean'd to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.' . ~. — Beaumont to Jonson. Stow says that Friday Street derives its name 'from Fishmongers dwelling... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1883 - 938 lapas
...have been So nimble and so full of subtile flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had mcuut to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." Ben Jonson, under James I., gradually became the convivi:d centre of a group of men of genius, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1883 - 596 lapas
...if that every one from whence they come 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 enuugh to justify the town For three tlays past; wit, that might warrant be For the whole city to talk... | |
 | Emma Phipson - 1883 - 504 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." CHAPTEK VI. HOWEVEE little Shakspeare cared for dogs he always writes as if he loved horses. The enthusiastic... | |
 | HELEN MATHERS - 1884 - 272 lapas
...so full of subtile flame, As if thai every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole ivit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.' HE library clock had struck a quarter to eight, and Mr. Eyre looked up a little impatiently, wondering... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1886 - 304 lapas
...and the center of convivial wit combats at the Mermaid, the Devil, and other famous London taverns. " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ; heard...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life."* The inscription on his tomb, in Westminster Abbey, is simply "O rare Ben Jonson!" Jonson's comedies... | |
 | Joseph Cundall - 1886 - 162 lapas
...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,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." And Herrick, one of the most charming poets of the age, later on, writes to Jonson : — " Ah, Ben... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Addington Symonds - 1886 - 430 lapas
...words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle name As if that every one from whom they cnme Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." called the Apollo, was reserved for his set. He wrote laws in terse Latin to regulate the conduct of... | |
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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... 
