| 1868 - 978 lapas
...and Fletcher ; and Beaumont reminds us of the wit and humour which flowed there, when he says, " What things have we seen Done at the ' Mermaid ' !...heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle fire, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And... | |
| Mary Elizabeth Braddon - 1868 - 668 lapas
...those fine lines that Beaumont wrote about Ben Jonson's famous club at the Mermaid in Cornhill : " 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 e Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,... | |
| 1867 - 420 lapas
...literature. Here the "wit combats" took place, affectionately chronicled by Beaumont thus : " What tilings 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."... | |
| Thomas H. Middleton - 1996 - 68 lapas
...mock epitaph for a departed waiter: "God finally caught his eye." No. 34 (FRANCIS) BEAUMONT LETTER TO BEN JONSON What things have we seen, / Done at...heard words that have been / So nimble, and so full of subtil flame, / As if that every one from whence they came, / Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,... | |
| George Eliot - 1996 - 576 lapas
...Fuller's Worthies, p. 126 A aa Ed. fol. [1, 90] (Francis Meres' Palladis Tamia, 1 598) [ 1, 90- 1 ] l 'What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, & so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit... | |
| Kristin Rygg - 2000 - 310 lapas
...Sidney Circle", pp. 126-159. Beaumont hints at the secretive nature of the pursuits of the Mermaiders: "What things have we seen/ Done at the Mermaid! Heard...have been/ So nimble, and so full of subtile flame." Chester published a collection of poems by himself and others such as Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Marston,... | |
| David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - 2000 - 604 lapas
...damned fooL' Donald Barthelme, 1968, The Indian Uprising', in Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts 38:8 What things have we seen, / Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been / So nimble, and so full of subtil flame, / As if that every one from whence they came, / Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,... | |
| James Bednarz - 2001 - 358 lapas
...second source is a verse letter to Ben Jonson, sometimes attributed to Francis Beaumont, that recalls: "What things have we seen, / Done at the Mermaid!...heard words that have been / So nimble, and so full of subtle flame." Even though it is true that Jonson can be linked to a series of meetings at various... | |
| Ilʹi︠a︡ Gililov - 2003 - 502 lapas
...as the Mermaid Club, and playwright Francis Beaumont speaks of those meetings in his poetic "Letter to Ben Jonson": What things have we seen Done at the...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 inagest, And... | |
| Ben Jonson - 2003 - 358 lapas
...country, dated between 1609 and 1612, by Francis Beaumont, another of the circle (if only for a time): What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid? heard words that have been so nimble, & so full of subtil flame as if that every one from whom they came had meant to put his whole wit in... | |
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