 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 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 life : then when there had been thrown Wit able... | |
 | John Britton - 1849 - 394 lapas
...assembled at the Mermaid, we are told they " Heard words that had been So nimble, and so full of subtile flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." So in our sportive race of rivalry, each... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 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, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then whea there hath been thrown Wit able... | |
 | George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe - 1851 - 420 lapas
...Donne, at that resort of " good fellows" of the olden time — to have seen those things (l Done nt the Mermaid, heard words that have been So nimble,...whom they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jeet." This indeed would have been a feast for the gods. It was in the midst of such brave spirits... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1851 - 720 lapas
...times and under excitement. " What things hare we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that hare been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As If...they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been known Wit able... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 408 lapas
...—What things have we seen Doue at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble, and so rill! of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they...came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest.' " The " wit combats " alluded to in this interesting passage are mentioned by Fuller, who, speaking of Shakspeare,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 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 meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; then, when there hath been shown Wit able... | |
 | 1852 - 432 lapas
...silence, at BO many 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 hi* whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest 01 his dull life." " I was all ear... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 lapas
...havu we leeo 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 meant to pnt his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then, when... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 364 lapas
...allusion to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander in his letter to Jonson from the country, — ' What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...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... | |
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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... 
