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. Longman's Handbook of English Literature - Page 167by R. McWilliam - 1900 - 608 pagesFull view - About this book
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...Donne, at that resort of " good fellows" of the olden time — to have seen those things (l Done nt the Mermaid, heard words that have been So nimble,...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one, from whom they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jeet." This indeed would have been a feast for... | |
| Robert Folkestone Williams - Shakespeare in fiction, drama, poetry, etc - 1851 - 328 pages
...had ever found in beating of the watch. CHAPTER XXXIV. What things have we seen Done at THE MEHMAID : heard words that have been So nimble, and so full...subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they camo Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest ! BEAUMONT. But that which most doth take my Muse and... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...I 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 whom they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,... | |
| Francis Beaumont - 1851 - 720 pages
...times and under excitement. " What things hare we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that hare 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... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 588 pages
...like a rest Held up at Tennis, which men do the best With the best gamesters. What things havu we leeo Done at the ' Mermaid !' heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtile flame, As if that every one, from whom they came, Had meant to pnt his whole wit in a jest,... | |
| Arts - 1852 - 432 pages
...silence, at BO many brilliant imaginations, and watch the striking out of their fiery sparks of wit — " So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put hi* whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest 01... | |
| George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 538 pages
...we seen Done nt the Mermaid ! heard word« that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, Ai if that every one from whence they came Had meant...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." He died on the 15th of March, 1615, in the 30th year of hu age, leaving behind him one daughter, who,... | |
| Frederick Saunders - American essays - 1853 - 314 pages
...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...words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle name, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit into a jest.' " The "... | |
| Patrick Fraser Tytler - Explorers - 1853 - 454 pages
...in his letter to Jonson from the country, — " What things have we seen Done at the MERMAID Ineard 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." In a tract, by Thomas Middleton, quoted by... | |
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