 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
 | F. S., Frederick Saunders - 1853 - Počet stránok 306
...have we seen Done at the Mermaid I heard words that have been Bo nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put hia whole wit into a jest.' " The " Kit-Kat Club," one of the most renowned of the clubs, was originated... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1853 - Počet stránok 364
...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 MB whole wit into a jest.' " The " Kit-Kat Club," one of the most renowned of the clubs, was originated... | |
 | 1854 - Počet stránok 778
...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 founder, held in a room of the old... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - Počet stránok 360
...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 !" Fairer prospects began to open on Jonson at the accession of James, who was liberal to men of merit,... | |
 | Oliver Oldham - 1854 - Počet stránok 406
...imaginations, and watch the striking out of their fiery sparks of wit, "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 u jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." 2. It was after supper that a small... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - Počet stránok 580
...we seen Done at the ' Mermaid !' heard words that have been So nimble, apd so full of subtile flame, As if that every one, from whom they came, Had meant...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then, when there hath been shown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that... | |
 | 1855 - Počet stránok 604
...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,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there had been thrown "Wit able enough tojustify the town For three days past — wi t... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Leigh Hunt - 1855 - Počet stránok 444
...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,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town Eor three days past ; wit that... | |
 | George Eliot - 1996 - Počet stránok 576
...have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, & so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest.'2 1 A brief excerpt from Palladis Tamia is copied on Pf 708 38 and Folger 1314. 2 Francis Beaumont's... | |
 | Thomas H. Middleton - 1996 - Počet stránok 68
...heard words that have been / So nimble, and so full of subtil 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. A Behind the B Eightball C Arrowhead D Unhealthful... | |
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