...country, — ' What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid I heard words that have been Bo nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put hia whole wit into a jest.' " The " Kit-Kat Club," one of the most renowned of the clubs, was originated...

...country, — ' 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 MB whole wit into a jest.' " The " Kit-Kat Club," one of the most renowned of the clubs, was originated...

...have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle name, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit into a jest.' " The " Kit-Kat Club," one of the most renowned of the clubs, was originated in the year...

...1616 : " 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 mean'd to put his whole wit in a jest." The Mermaid and the Mitre appear to have been rival taverns,...

...country : " 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." Ben Jonson had another club, of which he appears to have been the founder, held in a room of the old...

...country : "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 !" Fairer prospects began to open on Jonson at the accession of James, who was liberal to men of merit,...

...brilliant imaginations, and watch the striking out of their fiery sparks of wit, "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 u jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." 2. It was after supper that a small...

...have we seen Done at the ' Mermaid !' heard words that have been So nimble, apd so full of subtile flame, As if that every one, from whom they came,...jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then, when there hath been shown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days...

...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 in a jest.'2 1 A brief excerpt from Palladis Tamia is copied on Pf 708 38 and Folger 1314. 2 Francis Beaumont's...

...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, / And had resolv'd to live a fool, the rest /Of his dull life. A Behind the B Eightball C Arrowhead D Unhealthful...