 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...  Miscellanies - Page 62by Charles Kingsley - 1859Full view - About this book
 | Eliphalet L. Rice - 1846 - 432 lehte
...which men do the best With the best gamesters. 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 whale wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool (he rest... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1846 - 752 lehte
...brilliancy of the conversation, when he exclaims, — " 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 oae, from whom they came, Had put his whole wit in a jest." Jonson seems to have held anger but a short... | |
 | John Selden - 1847 - 416 lehte
...things have we feen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble, and fo full of fubtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jeft. His intenfe application appears to have ful votary of the Mufes, and but few of his attempts... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1847 - 340 lehte
...found in beating of the watch. CHAPTER XXXIV. 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 ! BEAUMONT. But that which most doth take... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 lehte
...which men do the best, With the beet gamesters : what things have we eeen Done at the Mermaid ; heard a little, I will come again. [¿".ai. Rom. 0 blessed, blessed night ! I am afear'd, B whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 736 lehte
...we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been Bo nimble, and so full of subtle flame, Ai y enjoys the queen thereof; For I am she, and altogether joyless. I can no long The Mitre, in Fleet-street, seems to have been another tavern where the wits and poete of the day hilariously... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1847 - 342 lehte
...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 ! BEAUMONT. But that which most doth take my Muse and me, Is a pure cup of rich Canary wine, Which... | |
 | John Britton - 1849 - 394 lehte
...assembled at the Mermaid, we are told they " Heard words that had been So nimble, and so full of subtile 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 dull life." So in our sportive race of rivalry, each... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 lehte
...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 had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then whea there hath been thrown Wit able... | |
 | George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe - 1851 - 420 lehte
...resort of " good fellows" of the olden time — to have seen those things (l Done nt the Mermaid, heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle...whom they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jeet." This indeed would have been a feast for the gods. It was in the midst of such brave spirits... | |
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