 | George William Johnson - 1835 - 374 σελίδες
...allusion to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson from the country. ' What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest.' " (Jonson's works, 1. Ixvi.) The intimacy... | |
 | George William Johnson - 1835 - 374 σελίδες
...allusion to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson from the country. ' What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest.' " (Jonson's works, i. Ixvi.) The intimacy... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1835
...which men do the best With the best gamesters. What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Hard 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... | |
 | George William Johnson - 1835 - 374 σελίδες
...! 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.' " (Jonson's works, 1. Ixvi.) The intimacy and affection that existed between Selden and Jonson, are... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836
...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...Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." He died on the 15th of March, 1615, in the 30th... | |
 | 1837
...with Shakespear, — combats which set the table in a roar. Thus Beaumont in a letter to him : — " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...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... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837
...poetical epistle to Ben Jonson, Beaumont writes, " What things have wo seon Done at the Mrrmaiil I heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle llame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had... | |
 | Charles Armitage Brown - 1838 - 306 σελίδες
...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 life." There was wine, but we are not told every one was... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 926 σελίδες
...allusion to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson, from the country : '" m Shakespeare fall of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came. Had meant to put his whole wit in a... | |
 | 1839
...combats between the wits of those days, so charmingly described by Beaumont in his letter to Jonson — " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they caine Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest ! The practice of giving apostle spoons at... | |
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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. 
