 | 1832 - 792 lapas
...heard works 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,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then, when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past , wit that... | |
 | 1833 - 222 lapas
...many brilliant imaginations, and watch the striking out of their fiery sparks of wit, So nimble and BO full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom...jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of Ma dull life. ' I was all ear to hear,' and took in jests ' which might create a laugh under the ribs... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 342 lapas
...which men do the best With the hest gamesters. What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. Then, when there hath been thrown Wit, able enough to justify the town For three days past, — wit,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1835 - 350 lapas
...which men do the best With the best gamesters. What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. Then, when there hath been thrown Wit, able enough to justify the town For three days past, — wit,... | |
 | George William Johnson - 1835 - 426 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...they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest.' " (Jonson's works, i. Ixvi.) The intimacy and affection that existed between Selden and Jonson, are... | |
 | George William Johnson - 1835 - 398 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...they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest.' " (Jonson's works, 1. Ixvi.) The intimacy and affection that existed between Selden and Jonson, are... | |
 | 1835 - 550 lapas
...been So nimble, and so full of subtile (lame, As if that every one from whence they c.ime II:id mi-ant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; then where there had been tlirown Wit able i-Hough to justify the town For three Hays mst, — wit... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 494 lapas
...poetical epistle to Ben Jonson, Beaumont writes, " What things have wo seon Done at the Mrrmaiil I heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle llame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had... | |
 | 1841 - 754 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...from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit ina jest!' Travelling by the swift power of imagination, we looked in at WiWs and Button's; beheld... | |
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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 life. 
