 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 1158 páginas
...respect." Of what passed at these many assemblies Beaumont thus speaks, addressing Ben Jonson :— nts. Por. I pray you tarry : pause a day or two. Before you hazard ; for, Had mean - "What things have we seen As if that every one from whom they came iant to put his whole... | |
 | F. S., Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 306 páginas
...from the country, — ' What things 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 páginas
...the best gamesters : what things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ; heard words that have been s- 1 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 360 páginas
...hither Beaumont lets his thoughts wander in his letter to Jonson from the country : "What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been...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... | |
 | 1854 - 778 páginas
...the old poet, written from the country : " 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 a jest." Ben Jonson had another club, of which he appears to have... | |
 | Oliver Oldham - 1854 - 406 páginas
...silence, at so many brilliant 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."... | |
 | 1855 - 604 páginas
...leisure. Who does not know Beaumont's lines on this paragon of taverns ? . . . . " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been...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... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1855 - 590 páginas
...club, with Ben Jonson, Fletcher, Beaumont, and at last with Shakspeare's self, to hear and utter " 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.''* Anything to forget the hand- writing on the wall, which... | |
 | 1855 - 576 páginas
...the Mermaid Tavern on Friday Street, and allowed his table-talk to mingle with those famous words, " 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." It seems hard to reconcile the life of John Selden with... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, Leigh Hunt - 1855 - 412 páginas
...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.... | |
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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! 
