 | Cornelius Webbe - 1845 - Počet stránok 398
...smoothed with Canary ?—Then ' 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... | |
 | 1845 - Počet stránok 570
...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 in a jest,... | |
 | 1845 - Počet stránok 410
...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 in a jest,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - Počet stránok 670
...Hard 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 resolved to live a fool the rest * So in Rochester's epigram : — " Bternhold and Hopkins had great... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1846 - Počet stránok 414
...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...they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." It is greatly to be regretted, that not a fragment of these meetings has come down to us ; a few scattered... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1846 - Počet stránok 550
...a letter to Ben, gives his testimony to the brilliancy of the conversation, when he exclaims, — " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...flame, As if that every one, from whom they came, Had put his whole wit in a jest." Jonson seems to have held anger but a short time, and was far from being... | |
 | Eliphalet L. Rice - 1846 - Počet stránok 432
...testifies : 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...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whale wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool (he rest... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1846 - Počet stránok 752
...a letter to Ben, gives his testimony to the brilliancy of the conversation, when he exclaims, — " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every oae, from whom they came, Had put his whole wit in a jest." Jonson seems to have held anger but a short... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1847 - Počet stránok 340
...participated in such " exquisite fine fun," as he had ever found in beating of the watch. CHAPTER XXXIV. 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 ! BEAUMONT. But that which most doth take... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - Počet stránok 712
...a rest Held up at tennis, which men do the best, With the beet gamesters : what things have we eeen Montague, be true. Stay but a little, I will come...[¿".ai. Rom. 0 blessed, blessed night ! I am afear'd, B whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest... | |
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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... 
