 | William Godwin - 1804 - Počet stránok 536
...the convivial meetings he had been accustomed to hold with Shakespear, Fletcher and Jonson. gay and 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 cam«v Had meant to put his whole wit... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - Počet stránok 712
...themselves ; " 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 subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - Počet stránok 728
...themselves; • " For wit is like a res/, 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 hare been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - Počet stránok 562
...us the following fascinating account of their 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 flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - Počet stránok 480
...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 whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - Počet stránok 538
...hither, in probable allusion to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson, from the country. — — " What things have we seen,...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... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - Počet stránok 546
...to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson, from thecountry. • " 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... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1817 - Počet stránok 708
...hither, in probable allusion to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson, from the country : — " What things have we seen,...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... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - Počet stránok 380
...and whose meetings furnished matter for retrospective 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 flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - Počet stránok 708
...and whose meetings furnished matter for retrospective 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 flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in... | |
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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... 
