 | Francis Beaumont - 1750
...Reft, Held up at Tennis, •which Men do the bejl With the left Gamejlers. What things have wefeen Done at the Mer-maid ! heard Words that have been So nimble and fo full of fubtle Flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole Wit... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811
...saw you ; for wit is like a rest Held up at tennis,5 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, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811
...themselves; • " For wit is like a res/, 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 hare been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 14 pages
...a rest, With the best gamesters. What things have we seen Held up at tennis, which men do the best Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, As if that every one from whence they came And had resolved... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 196 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 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
...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," &c. Fairer prospects now began to open on... | |
 | 1925
...town and at work, sadly dreams of "the full Mermaid wine," and recalls the words that there he had heard : — " Words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle Same, Af if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put hie whole wit in a .'.ml had resolved... | |
 | John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger - 1820 - 444 pages
...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...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... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1822
...which men do the best With the best gamesters. What things have we seen Done in- the Mermaid ? Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that everyone from whom tbey came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool... | |
 | 1822
...smooth with sack or canary ? " What things were not seen And done at the Mermaid } Hard words that were 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... | |
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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... 
