 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 pagina’s
...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, apd so full of subtile flame, As if that every one, from whom they came, Had meant to put his whole... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1856 - 366 pagina’s
...between Shakspeare and our author ; and hither, probably in allusion to them, Beaumont fondly lets hia thoughts wander in his letter to Jonson from the country,...things have we seen , Done at the Mermaid ! heard worda that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pagina’s
...still get money, boy ; No matter by what means. FRANCIS BEAUMONT. 1585-1616. Letter to Ben Jonson. 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,... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1857 - 444 pagina’s
...to which, probably, Beaumont alludes with so much affection in his letter to the old poet, written from the country : — What things have we seen Done...Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble and BO fall of snbtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Hod meant to put his whole wit in... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 pagina’s
...saw you ; for wit is like a rest Held up at tennis, which men do the best With the best gamesters.i 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,... | |
 | 1861 - 882 pagina’s
...was to the meetings at the Mermaid that Beaumont probably alludes in his epistle to Ben Jonson : — What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble and so fall of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1861 - 250 pagina’s
...were they that FRANCIS BEAUMONT remembered in his Letter to BEN JONSON : " What Things have we feen Done at the Mermaid ! heard Words that have been So nimble, and fo full of fubtle Flame, As if that every One from whence they came Had meant to put his whole Wit... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1861 - 250 pagina’s
...were they that FRANCIS BEAUMONT remembered in his Letter to BEN JONSON : " What Things have we feer. Done at the Mermaid ! heard Words that have been So nimble, and fo full of fubtle Flame, As if that every One from whence they came Had meant to put his whole Wit... | |
 | Alexander Smith - 1863 - 338 pagina’s
...drollery, the repartee, the sage sentences, the lightning gleams of wit, the thunder-peals of laughter. " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ? Heard words that hath been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant... | |
 | William Harvey - 1864 - 412 pagina’s
...wine, Which is the Mermaid's now, but shall be mine." "What things have we seen Gifford's " Jomon." Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that ev'ry one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live... | |
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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, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull... 
