 | Oxford University Press, TME. - 1999 - 1136 σελίδες
...have we seen, Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtil llame, 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. 'letter to lien Jonson' 14 Here are sands, ignoble... | |
 | Kristin Rygg - 2000 - 267 σελίδες
...Sidney Circle", pp. 126-159. Beaumont hints at the secretive nature of the pursuits of the Mermaiders: "What things have we seen/ Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been/ So nimble, and so full of subtile flame." Chester published a collection of poems by himself and others such as Shakespeare,... | |
 | David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - 2000 - 580 σελίδες
...damned fooL' Donald Barthelme, 1968, The Indian Uprising', in Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts 38:8 What things have we seen, / Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been / So nimble, and so full of subtil flame, / As if that every one from whence they came, / Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,... | |
 | James Bednarz - 2001 - 266 σελίδες
...second source is a verse letter to Ben Jonson, sometimes attributed to Francis Beaumont, that recalls: "What things have we seen, / Done at the Mermaid!...have been / So nimble, and so full of subtle flame." Even though it is true that Jonson can be linked to a series of meetings at various taverns like the... | |
 | Ilya Gililov - 2003 - 482 σελίδες
...Club, and playwright Francis Beaumont speaks of those meetings in his poetic "Letter to Ben Jonson": What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard...from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit inagest, And had resolved to live a fool, the rest Of his dull life; then when there had been thrown... | |
 | Alfred Leslie Rowse - 2003 - 589 σελίδες
...Falstaffand his boys, the Mitre and the Mermaid as the poets knew them and handed them down to us: What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard...been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if diat every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest. . . . CHAPTER VI SOCIAL... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 2003 - 338 σελίδες
...country, dated between 1609 and 1612, by Francis Beaumont, another of the circle (if only for a time): What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid? heard words that have been so nimble, & so full of subtil flame as if that every one from whom they came had meant to put his whole wit in... | |
 | Scott McCrea - 2005 - 280 σελίδες
...meeting place of the literati, remembered fondly to Ben Jonson by the playwright Francis Beaumont: What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid? heard...So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that everyone from whom diey came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool... | |
 | Kate Pogue - 2006 - 183 σελίδες
...life in Silver Street after the death of his friend Maria Mountjoy. William Jormson (fl. 1591-1616) What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard...flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. Letter to Ben Jonson from Master Francis... | |
 | Michelle O'Callaghan - 2007
...things have we seen Done at the Mermaid?. Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtill flame, As if that every one from whence they came...his whole wit in a Jest, And had resolv'd to live a foole the rest Of his dull life; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justifie the Town... | |
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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. 
