 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1846 - 752 Seiten
...a letter to Ben, gives his testimony to the brilliancy of the conversation, when he exclaims, — " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...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... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1847 - 340 Seiten
...participated in such " exquisite fine fun," as he had ever found in beating of the watch. CHAPTER XXXIV. What things have we seen Done at, THE MERMAID : heard...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 Seiten
...a rest Held up at tennis, which men do the best, With the beet gamesters : what things have we eeen Montague, be true. Stay but a little, I will come...[¿".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 Seiten
..."here for many years Ben Jonson repaired with Shakespeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Seiden, Cotton, Carew, petual triumph, an everlasting bonfire-light. Thou...thousand marks in links and torches, Һ г> -¡и < t" Of what passed at these many assemblies Beaumont thus speak«, addressing Bon Jonson... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 Seiten
...saw you ; for wit is like a rest Held up at tennis, which men do the best, With the best gamesters : whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 Seiten
...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 So nimble, and so full of eubtile flame, Ae if that ever)' one from whence they came Hod meant to put his whole wit in a jest,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1850 - 502 Seiten
...for many years, he regularly repaired with Shakespeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Selden, Cotton, Carew, Martin, Donne, and many others, whose names, even...call up a mingled feeling of reverence and respect." Beaumont, in a charming poetical epistle addressed to Ben Jonson, describes the " wit-combats" in which... | |
 | George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe - 1851 - 420 Seiten
...Donne, at that 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,...if that every one, from 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 408 Seiten
...here, for many years, he regularly repaired with Ben Jonson, Beaumont, Fletcher, Selden, Cotton, Carew, Martin, Donne, and many others, whose names, even...call up a mingled feeling of reverence and respect. Here, in tho full flow and confidence of friendship, the lively and interesting 'wit combats' took... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1851 - 720 Seiten
...times and under excitement. " What things hare we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that hare 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 dull life ; then when... | |
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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... 
