 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 pages
...exclaims Beaumont in his verses to Ben Jonson, " have we not seen done at the Mermaid! —— Then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify...might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly !" I cannot say the same of the S , though it stands on classic ground, and is connected by local tradition... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 pages
...exclaims Beaumont in his verses to Ben Jonson, " have we not seen done at the Mermaid ! — — Then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify...might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly !" I cannot say the same of the S , though it stands on classic ground, and is connected by local tradition... | |
 | Sholto Percy, Reuben Percy - London (England) - 1824 - 392 pages
...Fuller calls them, which in those days took place at Mermaid Tavern, where " there hath' been shown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past, — wit that might warrant For the whole city to talk foolishly, Till that were cancell'd, and when that was gone, We left an... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 334 pages
...country, in an epistle full of jovial wit, says, ' The sun, which doth the greatest comfort hring, To absent friends, because the self-same thing They...For three days past, — wit, that might warrant be I'or the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd, and when that was gone, We left an... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 374 pages
...called the Mermaid, 'which was situated in Cornhill. There, as Beaumont tell us, " hath been shown. Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past, — wit that might warrant For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd ; and when that was gone, We left an... | |
 | Great Britain - 1832 - 792 pages
...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 enough to justify...and when that was gone, WE LEFT AN AIR BEHIND US, WBICH ALONE WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE TWO NEXT COMPANIES RIGHT WITTY. [The club resolved itself into a committee... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 342 pages
...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 enough to justify...For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancelled, and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English essays - 1835 - 350 pages
...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 enough to justify...For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancelled, and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next... | |
 | 1835 - 550 pages
...life; then where there had been tlirown Wit able i-Hough to justify the town For three Hays mst, — wit that might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly, Till that w-eri! cancell'd; and when that was gone. We U-ft an air tit-hind us which alone Was able to make tlw... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1840 - 754 pages
...a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been known Wit able enough to justify the town For three days...For the whole city to talk foolishly, Till that were cancelled ; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two... | |
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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... 
