 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...  The North American Review - Page 49edited by - 1846Full view - About this book
 | F. S., Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 306 pages
...from the country, — ' What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid I heard words that have been Bo nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put hia whole wit into a jest.' " The " Kit-Kat Club," one of the most renowned of the clubs,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 1158 pages
...respect." Of what passed at these many assemblies Beaumont thus speaks, addressing Ben Jonson :— nts. Por. I pray you tarry : pause a day or two. Before you hazard ; for, Had mean - "What things have we seen As if that every one from whom they came iant to put his whole... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...saw you ; for wit is like a rest Held up at tennis, which men do the best, With the best gamesters : what things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ; heard words that have been s- 1 nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 442 pages
...respect." Of what passed at these many assemblies Beaumont thus speaks, addressing Ben Jonson : — " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been Bo nimble, and so full of subtle name, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 360 pages
...our author ; and hither Beaumont lets his thoughts wander in his letter to Jonson from the country : "What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest !" Fairer prospects began to open on Jonson at the accession of... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1854 - 778 pages
...the old poet, written from the country : " 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 came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." Ben Jonson had another club, of which he appears to have been... | |
 | Oliver Oldham - Readers (Secondary) - 1854 - 406 pages
...silence, at so many brilliant imaginations, and watch the striking out of their fiery sparks of wit, "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 u jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." 2.... | |
 | English literature - 1855 - 604 pages
...to regale their leisure. Who does not know Beaumont's lines on this paragon of taverns ? . . . . " er whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1855 - 590 pages
...club, with Ben Jonson, Fletcher, Beaumont, and at last with Shakspeare's self, to hear and 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... | |
 | Thomas H. Middleton - 1996 - 68 pages
...for a departed waiter: "God finally caught his eye." No. 34 (FRANCIS) BEAUMONT LETTER TO BEN JONSON What things have we seen, / Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been / So nimble, and so full of subtil flame, / As if that every one from whence they came, / Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,... | |
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