 | William Godwin - 1804 - 536 sayfa
...the convivial meetings he had been accustomed to hold with Shakespear, Fletcher and Jonson. gay and What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they cam«v Had meant to put his whole wit in ajest> And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 728 sayfa
...of our Authors' time, and celebrated by Beaumont, in the following passage of a letter from him to Ben Jonson : What things have we seen Done at the...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 teil in a jest,... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 sayfa
...of our Authors' time, and celebrated by Beaumont, in the following passage of a letter from him to Ben Jonson : What things have we seen Done at the...heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtile flame, As IP that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 sayfa
...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,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 546 sayfa
...here, for many years, he regularly repaired with Shakspeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Selden, Cotton, Carew, Martin, Donne, and many others, whose names, even...call up a mingled feeling of reverence and respect. Here, in the full flow and confidence of friendship, the lively and interesting " wit-combats" took... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1817 - 708 sayfa
...many years, he (Jonson) regularly repaired with Shakspeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Selden, Cotton, Carew, Martin, Donne, and many others, whose names, even...call up a mingled feeling of reverence and respect. Here, in the full flow and confidence of friendship, the lively and interesting * wit-combats' took... | |
 | John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger - 1820 - 470 sayfa
...up at Tennis —*• which men do the best With the best gamesters. — What things have we see1!* 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... | |
 | 1826 - 374 sayfa
...probable allusion to them. Beaumont let his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson, from the country : " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if every one from whom they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest," &c' Unfortunately, nons of... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 246 sayfa
...of Ben Jonson, and the genius of Shakspeare. In a poetical epistle to Ben Jonson, Beaumont writes, " 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, And had resolved to live a fool the rest... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 sayfa
...was a member ; and here, for many years, he regularly repaired with Ben Jonson, Beaumont, Fletcher, Here, in the full flow and confidence of friendship, the lively and interesting " u'it combats" took... | |
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