 | William Harvey - 1864 - 412 páginas
...at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that ev'ry one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; then, when there hath heen thrown Wit ahle enough to justify the town For three days past—wit that... | |
 | 1856 - 502 páginas
...So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to pnt his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." We are left to imagine the contests of wit and argument between Jonson and Shakespeare, with the tantalizing... | |
 | Edward Lord Clark - 1864 - 378 páginas
...busy hum of men." Milun. " 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 resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." Francis Beaumont. CAIRO, " the victorious," scatters... | |
 | Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood - 1865 - 668 páginas
...hare we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to...wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the reel Of his dull life." This club, established by the efforts of Sir Walter Raleigh, near the close... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 páginas
...seen Done at the Mermaid ! 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 resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. Letlrr to Ben Jonson. JOHN FLETCHER. 1576-1625.... | |
 | Richard Grant White - 1865 - 454 páginas
...! 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, And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Richard Grant White - 1868 - 626 páginas
...1 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, And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough... | |
 | 1869 - 786 páginas
...seen Done at the Mermaid I 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...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." The APOLLO Club, another of Ben Jonson's favourite haunts, was held at the old Devil Tavern (as is... | |
 | Jacob Larwood, John Camden Hotten - 1866 - 616 páginas
...Dona at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble and BO full of subtle flame, As if that any one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole...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... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1866 - 388 páginas
...Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle fire, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. The author of " Peter Wilkins " resided for a time at .Clifford's Inn, and Dr. Johnson frequented all... | |
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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. 
