 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 Seiten
...I 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 subtile flame, As if that every one, from whom they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1851 - 328 Seiten
...had ever found in beating of the watch. CHAPTER XXXIV. What things have we seen Done at THE MEHMAID : heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they camo Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest ! BEAUMONT. But that which most doth take... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 624 Seiten
...years he regularly repaired with Shakspeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Selden, Cotton, Carew, Martin, Dounc, and many others, whose names, even at this distant...call up a mingled feeling of reverence and respect." Jonson has been accused of excess in wine ; and certainly temperance was not the virtue of his age.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 442 Seiten
...here for many years Ben Jonson repaired with Shakespeare, Beaumont, Fleteher, Selden, Cotton, Carew, Martin, Donne, and many others, whose names, even...seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been Bo nimble, and so full of subtle name, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 1158 Seiten
..."here for raany*years Ben Jonson repaired with Shakespeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Seiden, Cotton, Carew, dise I will. Go, Tubai, and meet me at our synagogue...Enter BASSANIO, PORTIA, GRATIANO, NERISSA, and their :— Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, Had mean... | |
 | Guildhall Library (London, England), Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy, Jacob Henry Burn - 1853 - 308 Seiten
..."the immortal Ben," from Beaumont, who died ere he had reached his thirtieth year, in March, 1616 : " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...flame, As if that every one from whom they came, Had mean'd to put his whole wit in a jest." The Mermaid and the Mitre appear to have been rival taverns,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 314 Seiten
...to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson from the country, — ' What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle name, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit into a jest.' " The "... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1853 - 454 Seiten
...here for many years he regularly repaired with Shakspeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Selden, Cotton, Carew, Martin, Donne, and many others, whose names, even...call up a mingled feeling of reverence and respect. Here, in the full flow and confidence of friendship, the lively and interesting ' wit-combats' took... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 360 Seiten
...our author ; and hither Beaumont lets his thoughts wander in his letter to Jonson from the country : "What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest !" Fairer prospects began to open on Jonson at the accession of James,... | |
 | 1854 - 778 Seiten
...the old poet, written from the country : " 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 whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." Ben Jonson had another club, of which he appears to have been the... | |
| |
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... 
