 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!  Table-talk of John Selden - Page viby John Selden - 1856 - 170 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1839 - 204 pages
...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 ! The practice of giving apostle spoons at christenings... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1840 - 754 pages
...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...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 known Wit able... | |
 | Edward Smallwood - 1840 - 106 pages
..."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 less a man than Raleigh... | |
 | 1841 - 744 pages
...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...from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit ina jest !' Travelling by the swift power of imagination, we looked in at Wilts and Button's ; beheld... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1841 - 710 pages
...Beaumont in his letter to Jonson. " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words (hat hare been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to pat his whole wit in a jest ! " Travelling by the swift power of imagination, we looked in at ll'illx... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1841 - 378 pages
...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 they enmo Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest. And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull... | |
 | Charles Knight - London (England) - 1841 - 918 pages
...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 resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1843 - 114 pages
...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, And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1843 - 608 pages
...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, And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1843 - 970 pages
...we seen, Done at the MERMAID ! heard words that have been So nimble, and ко full of subtle llame, As if that every one from whom they came. Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest," &c. : For the expression "wit-combats," in this interesting passage, we must refer to Fuller, who.... | |
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