 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 lapas
...heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence s are robb'd, sustain no harm ; But keep the wolf...thence, that's foe to men, For with his nails he'l lifs : then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1844 - 430 lapas
...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...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 in a jest." In a tract,... | |
 | Richard H. Horne - 1844 - 382 lapas
...be regretted they are not more numerous. O 2 REV. S. SMITH, A. FONBLANQUE, DOUGLAS JERROLD. " Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from wbom thoy came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." — BEAUMOVT. . " His fine wit Makes such... | |
 | 1856 - 606 lapas
...to regale their leisure. Who does not know Beaumont's lines on this paragon of taverns ? . . . . " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been 80 nimble and so full of subtle flame, AM if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put... | |
 | Richard H. Horne - 1844 - 392 lapas
...JERROLD. " Ilnrd wenls that have been Bo nimble, miH so full of subtle flame, As if that every one IVom whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." Butmonr. " His fine wit Makcs such a wound, the knife is lost in it." SHELLY. " I shall talk nothing... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 542 lapas
...tennis, 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,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 540 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,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 520 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,... | |
 | Cornelius Webbe - 1845 - 398 lapas
...smoothed with Canary ?—Then ' what things were not seen And done, at the Mermaid ? Hard words that were So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. Then, when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past—wit that... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 670 lapas
...Hard 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 * So in Rochester's epigram : — " Bternhold and Hopkins had great qualms, When they translated David's... | |
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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. 
