 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...  Simon and Schuster Crostics 116 - Page 54de Thomas H. Middleton - 1996 - 64 pagesAperçu limité - À propos de ce livre
 | George William Johnson - 1835 - 374 pages
...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 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.' "... | |
 | 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 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,... | |
 | 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 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... | |
 | Charles Armitage Brown - 1838 - 306 pages
...at the Mermaid," but without any mention of individuals. It is in the poetical Letter from Beaumont to Ben Jonson '. — " What things have we seen Done...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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 926 pages
...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
...of the 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...heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they caine Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest !... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1840
...well as the saturnine Ben Jonson, could be jocund at times and under excitement. " What things hare 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 whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And... | |
 | Edward Smallwood - 1840
...with Crockford's! "Hyperion to a satyr!" Well might Beaumont exclaim — What things have we seen Dene at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that eveiy one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." No... | |
 | 1841
...thoughts that breathe, and words that burn,' so beautifully described by Beaumont in his letter to Jonson. ' 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 whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit ina jest !' Travelling... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1841
...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 whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,... | |
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