...So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they camo Had meant to put hie whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool...rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been known Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past; wit that might warrant be For the whole...

...whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life : then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For...For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd ; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two...

...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...a fool the rest Of his dull life : then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that might warrant be...

...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 and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone ' Was able to make the two next companies...

...verum quis vetat." " 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." Mermaid Club, from Blackwood. THE evening on which the neAV debating society, established on the temporary...

...heard words that have been So nimble and so fall of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest. And it was for the assembly at the Devil Tavern, near Temple-bar, that Ben Jonson wrote his famous Leges...

...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...the rest Of his dull life; then when there hath been known Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that might warrant be * Fur the...

...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole soul in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." Then there is the " Literary Club," with Johnson, and Garrick, and Burke, and Reynolds, and Goldsmith sitting...

...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 wit in a jest, And...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 might warrant be For...

...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...