 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1853 - 454 lapas
...in his letter to Jonson from the country, " What things have we seen Done at the MERMAID Ineard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle...they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." In a tract, by Thomas Middleton, quoted by Mr Collier in his History of English Dramatic Poetry, and... | |
 | F. S., Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 306 lapas
...from the 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 442 lapas
...have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been Bo nimble, and so full of subtle name, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." anything ill1. Connected with Ben Jonson'e solidity and slowness is a wittieism between him and Shakespeare,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 314 lapas
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 420 lapas
...beard words that have been So nimble, and sO lull of subtle flame, As If that every one from whom tlicy 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 Shakspearc,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 360 lapas
...our author ; and hither Beaumont lets his thoughts wander in his letter to Jonson from the country : "What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...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,... | |
 | 1854 - 778 lapas
...the old poet, written from the country : " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard'words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame,...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... | |
 | Oliver Oldham - 1854 - 406 lapas
...silence, at so 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...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... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1855 - 590 lapas
...club, with Ben Jonson, Fletcher, Beaumont, and at last with Shakspeare's self, to hear and utter " Words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle...came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest.''* Anything to forget the hand- writing on the wall, which will not be forgotten. But he will do all the... | |
 | 1855 - 576 lapas
...the Mermaid Tavern on Friday Street, and allowed his table-talk to mingle with those famous words, " So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that...they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." It seems hard to reconcile the life of John Selden with his character. Fond of literary leisure and... | |
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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... 
