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. The Works of William Shakespeare - Page 170by William Shakespeare - 1901Full view - About this book
| Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 728 pages
...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 Mermaid ! heard...one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole teil in a jest, And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.' FROM the Mermaid is clearly... | |
| Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 712 pages
...things have we seeii Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that hare been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came...resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able' enough to justify the town For three days past; wit that... | |
| Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 pages
...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 Mermaid .' heard...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, And had resolv'd... | |
| William Shakespeare - English drama (Comedy) - 1872 - 480 pages
...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...resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." In further token of Shakespeare's having belonged to this merry parliament of genius, I must quote... | |
| John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger - Authors, English - 1820 - 470 pages
...have we see1!* 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 In a moral view the advantages resulting from this order of things... | |
| William Hazlitt - Dramatists, English - 1821 - 372 pages
...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 subtile...resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past, wit that... | |
| William Hazlitt - English drama - 1821 - 374 pages
...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 subtile...resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past, wit that... | |
| Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 336 pages
...? 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,...resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. Then, where there hath been thrown Wit, able enough to justify the town For three days past, — wit,... | |
| Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 334 pages
...? 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,...resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. Then, where there hath been thrown Wit, able enough to justify the town For three days past, — wit,... | |
| Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 338 pages
...? 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 resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull lire. Then, where there hath been thrown Wit, able enough to justify the town For three days past,... | |
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