 | Frederick Saunders - 1856 - 366 Seiten
...letter to Jonson from the country, — ' What things have we seen , Done at the Mermaid ! heard worda 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 into a jest." " The " Kit-Kat Club," one of the most renowned of the clubs, was... | |
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 Seiten
...of the combats between the wits of those days, so charmingly described by Beaumont in his letter to Jonson :— ' What things have we seen Done at the...As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest!' The practice of giving apostle spoons at christenings has been thus... | |
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 Seiten
...of the combats between the wits of those days, so charmingly described by Beaumont in his letter to Jonson : — ' What things have we seen Done at the...As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest ! ' The practice of giving apostle spoons at christenings has been thus... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1857 - 396 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 !'...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... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1857 - 436 Seiten
...Beaumont alludes with so much affection in his letter to the old poet, written 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. Temple Gates and Temple Bar. It was for this club that Jonson wrote... | |
 | 1857 - 694 Seiten
...here for many years he regularly repaired, with Sbakspere, Beaumont, Fletcher, Selden, Cotton, Carew, Martin, Donne, and many others whose names, even at...call up a mingled feeling of reverence and respect.'' These club meetings were not merely convivial, and the painler,with a fine discretion, has chosen their... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 762 Seiten
...here for many years Ben Jonson repaired with Shakespeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Selden, Cotton, Carew, Martin, Donne, and many others, whose names, even...subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they camo Had meant to put bis whole wit in a jest." Mr. P. Cnnningham, in his " Handbook of London," 2nd... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1858 - 432 Seiten
...thus alluding to them, when writing from the country to his friend and fellow-labourer, Fletcher : 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, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull lhe. Another noted... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - 714 Seiten
...Shakspcure, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, and the other literary celebrities of those days.2 " 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, And had resolved to live a fool the rest... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1859 - 506 Seiten
...club, with Ben Jonson, Fletcher, Beaumont, and at last with Shakspeare's self, to hear and utter i " Words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle...As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest."* Any thing to forget the handwriting on the wall, which will not bo... | |
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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... 
