 | Leigh Hunt - 1869 - 366 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 resolved to live a fool the rest Of his duli life then when there hath been tfirown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past,... | |
 | Belgravia - 1869 - 776 páginas
...words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they cnme Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had...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... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 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. Letter to Bm Jonson. -0— JOHN FLETCHER. 1576-1625.... | |
 | Thomas H. Middleton - 1996 - 68 páginas
.../ 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, / And had resolv'd to live a fool, the rest /Of his dull life. A Behind the B Eightball C Arrowhead D Unhealthful... | |
 | J. R. Mulryne, Margaret Shewring, Andrew Gurr - 1997 - 208 páginas
...seen Done at the Mermaid? Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtill 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 foole the rest Of his dull life ... This was a merry and witty England, with all... | |
 | David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - 2000 - 604 páginas
.../ 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, / And had resolv'd to live a fool, the rest / Of his dull Ufe. Francis Beaumont, 1605, 'Letter to Ben Jonson',... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 2003 - 358 páginas
...Mermaid? heard words that have been so nimble, & so full of subtil flame 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; then, when there hath been thrown wit able [enough] to justify the Town (H&S, 11, 375-6) As David Riggs... | |
 | Alfred Leslie Rowse - 2003 - 636 páginas
...seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if diat every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest. . . . CHAPTER VI SOCIAL CLASSES WE are now in a position to portray the classes that made up Elizabethan... | |
 | Ilʹi︠a︡ Gililov, Ilya Gililov - 2003 - 1002 páginas
...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 inagest, And had resolved to live a fool, the rest Of his dull life; then when there had been thrown... | |
 | Russell A. Fraser - 568 páginas
...the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that everyone from whence they came, Had meant to put his whole...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. Often the jests were sodden. "Immoderate quaffing," a vice of English, plagued many in Shakespeare'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. 
