 | Richard Ryan - 1826 - 336 pagina’s
...whole wit in a jest, And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull Hie. Then , where there hath been thrown Wit, able enough to justify the town For...For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd, and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next... | |
 | Cornelius Webbe - 1828 - 468 pagina’s
...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 his whole wit in a jest,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. ' I was all ear to hear,' and took in jests ' which might create a laugh under the ribs of death ;'... | |
 | 1832 - 792 pagina’s
...things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard works that have been So nimble and so full of subtile flame. As if that every one from whence they came....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 might warrant be... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 342 pagina’s
...! 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,...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 might warrant... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1835 - 350 pagina’s
...! 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,...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 might warrant... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 246 pagina’s
...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...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." He died on the 15th of March, 1615, in the 30th year of his age, leaving behind him one daughter, who,... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 494 pagina’s
...have wo seon Done at the Mrrmaiil I heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle llame, As 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 his age, leaving behind him one daughter, who,... | |
 | Samuel Astley Dunham - 1837 - 418 pagina’s
...! 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,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." Where, we repeat, amidst scenes so unfavourable to study, Jonson acquired an erudition so extensive,... | |
 | Charles Armitage Brown - 1838 - 328 pagina’s
...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...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." There was wine, but we are not told every one was inspired by it. Beaumont, in this letter from the... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1840 - 754 pagina’s
...! 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,...a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been known Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that might warrant be... | |
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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 life. 
