 | Eliphalet L. Rice - 1846 - 432 lapas
...other's genius, as Beaumont's Letter to Jonson testifies : 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, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whale wit in a jest,... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1846 - 414 lapas
...Beaumont alludes with so much affection, in his letter to 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, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." It... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1846 - 752 lapas
...a letter to Ben, gives his testimony to the brilliancy of the conversation, when he exclaims, — " 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 oae, from whom they came, Had put his whole wit in a jest." Jonson seems... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1846 - 550 lapas
...a letter to Ben, gives his testimony to the brilliancy of the conversation, when he exclaims, — " 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 put his whole wit in a jest." Jonson seems... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1847 - 340 lapas
...participated in such " exquisite fine fun," as he had ever found in beating of the watch. CHAPTER XXXIV. 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 !... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 lapas
...a rest Held up at tennis, which men do the best, With the beet gamesters : what things have we eeen Montague, be true. Stay but a little, I will come again. [¿".ai. Rom. 0 subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 736 lapas
...-¡и < t" Of what passed at these many assemblies Beaumont thus speak«, addressing Bon Jonson ; — " this country's king. As little joy you may suppose in me, That I enjoy, Bo nimble, and so full of subtle flame, Ai if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his... | |
 | John Selden - 1847 - 416 lapas
...and Jonfon took place, thus alluded to by Beaumont in his letter to Jonfon: What things have we feen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble, and fo full of fubtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 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 eubtile flame, Ae if that ever)' one from whence they came Hod meant to put his whole wit in a jest,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 lapas
...Mi'tliinks the little wit I had is lost Since I saw you ; for wit is like a rest Held up at tennis, 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... 
