 | Englishmen - 1836 - 246 lapas
...of Ben Jonson, and the genius of Shakspeare. In a poetical epistle to Ben Jonson, Beaumont writes, " 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,... | |
 | Samuel Astley Dunham - 1837 - 418 lapas
...with Shakespear, — combats which set the table in a roar. Thus Beaumont in a letter to him : — " 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, And... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 lapas
...allusion to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson, from the country : '" m Shakespeare fall of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came. Had meant to put his whole wit in a... | |
 | 1839 - 204 lapas
...combats between the wits of those days, so charmingly described by Beaumont in his letter to Jonson — " 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 caine Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest !... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1840 - 754 lapas
...well as the saturnine Ben Jonson, could be jocund at times and under excitement. " What things hare 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, And... | |
 | Edward Smallwood - 1840 - 106 lapas
...with Crockford's! "Hyperion to a satyr!" Well might Beaumont exclaim — What things have we seen Dene at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that eveiy one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." No... | |
 | 1841 - 744 lapas
...that breathe, and words that burn,' so beautifully described by Beaumont in his letter to Jonson. ' 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 ina jest !' Travelling... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1841 - 378 lapas
...Mctltinks the little wit I had. is lost, Since 1 saw you ; for wit is like a rest Held up at tennis, which men do the best With the best gamesters. What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Hard words that have been Bo nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1846 - 556 lapas
...Methinks the little wit I had is lost Since I saw you ; for wit is like a rest ° Held up at tennis, which men do the best With the best gamesters. What...heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, 1 leys] ie bows. • vie are all equal every whit, &c.] Seward, at Sympson's suggestion,... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1843 - 114 lapas
...witcombats0", in which, to the delight of the company, Shakespeare and Jonson would frequently engage ; " 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,... | |
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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 dull... 
