 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.  Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country - Sayfa 523editör: - 1861Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 712 sayfa
...heard words that hare 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'... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 sayfa
...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... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 sayfa
.... " 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, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 sayfa
...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." In further token of Shakespeare's having belonged... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 538 sayfa
..." 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," &c. Fairer prospects now began to open on Jonson ; Elizabeth was frugal, and paid as grudgingly for... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1817 - 708 sayfa
..." 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, &c." * For the expression " wit-combats," in this interesting passage, we must refer to Fuller, who,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 sayfa
...have we seen Done at the Mermaid ? Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle ñame, As if that every one from whom they came • ;/ Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, ' i And had resolved lo live a tool the rest Of his dull life. Then, when there hath been thrown Wit,... | |
 | John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger - 1820 - 470 sayfa
...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 In a moral view the advantages resulting from this order of things... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 372 sayfa
...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 resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 sayfa
...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 resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough... | |
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