 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 pages
...meetings, in his poetical epistle to Ben Jonson : . " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle...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 there hath been thrown Wit able enough... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 538 pages
...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...they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest," &c. Fairer prospects now began to open on Jonson ; Elizabeth was frugal, and paid as grudgingly for... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 pages
...have we seen Done at the Mermaid ? Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle ñame, As if that every one from whom they came • ;/ Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, ' i And had resolved lo live a tool the rest Of his dull life. Then, when there hath been thrown Wit,... | |
 | John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger - Authors, English - 1820 - 470 pages
...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 In a moral view the advantages resulting from this order of things... | |
 | English essays - 1822 - 492 pages
...smooth with sack or canary ? " What things were not seen And done at the Mermaid } Hard words that were So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that...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 there had been thrown Wit able enough... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1822 - 430 pages
...Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that everyone from whom tbey 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 there hath been thrown Wit, able enough... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 658 pages
...in his letter to Jonson from the country, says, What things have we seen, Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle...they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest. It was on the night previous to Shakspeare's departure from London, that he and Ben Jonson, having... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 344 pages
...in his letter to Jonson from the country, says, What things have we seen, Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been. So nimble, and so full of subtle...they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest. It was on the night previous to Shakspeare's departure from London, that he and Ben Jonson, having... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...delight in so competent a judge as Beaumont. " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle...they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." * The best specimen of Shakspeare's extemporary wit, is his jocular epitaph on Mr. John Combe, who... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 670 pages
...in his letter to Jonson from the country, says, What things have we seen, Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle...they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest. It was on the night previous to Shakspeare's departure from London, that he and Ben Jonson, having... | |
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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 life. 
