 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Leigh Hunt - 1855 - 412 lapas
...gamesters. What 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 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 hath been thrown Wit able... | |
 | 1855 - 604 lapas
...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 life ; then when there had been thrown "Wit able... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1855 - 590 lapas
...utter " 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.''* Anything to forget the hand- writing on the wall, which will not be forgotten. But he will do all the... | |
 | 1855 - 576 lapas
...mingle with those famous words, " 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 seems hard to reconcile the life of John Selden with his character. Fond of literary leisure and... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 lapas
...heard words that have been So nimble, apd 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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 lapas
...Jonson. What 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 whence...they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. GEORGE WITHER. 1588-1667. The Shepherd's Resolution.... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1856 - 602 lapas
...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 life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit... | |
 | John Selden - 1856 - 314 lapas
...! 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. His intense application appears to have very materially injured his health, for in the dedication of... | |
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 lapas
...! 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!' The practice of giving apostle spoons at christenings has been thus described by Steevens, in a note... | |
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 140 lapas
...! 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 ! ' The practice of giving apostle spoons at christenings has been thus described by Steevens, in a... | |
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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... 
