 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.  The collector: essays on books, newspapers [&c.]. - Strana 30podľa Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1868Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - Počet stránok 918
...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 in a jest, And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1841 - Počet stránok 710
...have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words (hat hare been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to pat his whole wit in a jest ! " Travelling by the swift power of imagination, we looked in at ll'illx... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1843 - Počet stránok 970
...we seen, Done at the MERMAID ! heard words that have been So nimble, and ко full of subtle llame, As if that every one from whom they came. Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest," &c. : For the expression "wit-combats," in this interesting passage, we must refer to Fuller, who.... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1843 - Počet stránok 690
...seen, Done at the MERMAID ! heard words that have been So nimble, and so lull of subtle flame, As i Г that every one from whom they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest," &c. ; For the expression "wit-combats," in this interesting passage, we must lo Fuller, who, describing... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1843 - Počet stránok 114
...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 resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - Počet stránok 566
...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 in a jest, And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough... | |
 | 1856 - Počet stránok 606
...Heard words that have been 80 nimble and so full of subtle flame, AM if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past — wit... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Počet stránok 692
...heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence s are robb'd, sustain no harm ; But keep the wolf...thence, that's foe to men, For with his nails he'l lifs : then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1844 - Počet stránok 600
...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." The Mitre, in Fleet Street, seems to have been another tavern where the wits and poets of the day hilariously... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - Počet stránok 598
...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." " which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war: Master Jonson, like the... | |
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