 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.  Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country - Pagina 523geredigeerd door - 1861Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - 918 pagina’s
...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 resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1843 - 970 pagina’s
...we seen, Done at the MERMAID ! heard words that have been So nimble, and ко full of subtle llame, As if that every one from whom they came. Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest," &c. : For the expression "wit-combats," in this interesting passage, we must refer to Fuller, who.... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1843 - 690 pagina’s
...seen, Done at the MERMAID ! heard words that have been So nimble, and so lull of subtle flame, As i Г that every one from whom they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest," &c. ; For the expression "wit-combats," in this interesting passage, we must lo Fuller, who, describing... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1843 - 114 pagina’s
...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 resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pagina’s
...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 resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 598 pagina’s
...•" 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." " which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war: Master Jonson, like the... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1844 - 600 pagina’s
...." 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." The Mitre, in Fleet Street, seems to have been another tavern where the wits and poets of the day hilariously... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1844 - 424 pagina’s
...— " 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." In a tract, by Thomas Middleton, quoted by Mr Collier in his History of English Dramatic Poetry, and... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1844 - 430 pagina’s
...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 in a jest." In a tract, by Thomas Middleton, quoted by Mr Collier in his History of English Dramatic Poetry, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1844 - 600 pagina’s
..." 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 pat his whole wit in a jest." The Mitre, in Fleet Street, seems to have been another tavern where the... | |
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