 | James Thomson - 1896 - 692 Seiten
...Friend to Supper," from which I have already quoted in Section vii., we have the following lines : — " But that which most doth take my Muse and me, Is a...Their lives, as do their lines, till now had lasted. Tobacco, nectar, or the Thespian spring, Are all but Luther's beer, to this I sing." Brave old Ben... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 Seiten
...he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. I. SAM'L JOHNSON — Boswclts Life of Johnson. 1779. alas ! We see thee, like the patriarch, but in dreams,...— dull slumbering on the earth. g. BDLWEB-LYTTON m. BEN JONSON — Epigram CI. Dance and Provencal song and sunburnt mirth ! Oh for a beaker full of... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 394 Seiten
...Mermaid Tavern and its delicious Canary in his delightful poem, " Inviting a Friend to Supper : " " But that which most doth take my muse and me, Is a...wine, Which is the Mermaid's now, but shall be mine." And again : " Of this we will sup free, but moderately, Nor shall our cups make any guilty men ; But... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1904 - 288 Seiten
...Mermaid having dined, and merry, Proposed to go to Holhorn in a wherry. Inviting a Friend to Supper: A pure cup of rich Canary wine, Which is the Mermaid's now, but shall be mine. Also Beaumont's well-known lines in his Letter to Ben Jonson. A. 5, sc. 4 of Every Man Out of his Humor... | |
 | 1905 - 408 Seiten
...know of, That will the pastry, not my paper, show of, Digestive cheese, and fruit there sure will be ; But that which most doth take my muse and me, Is a...Their lives, as do their lines, till now had lasted. Tobacco, nectar, or the Thespian spring, Are all but Luther's beer, to this I sing. Of this we will... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1905 - 338 Seiten
...City Match, O. PL 9. 334, etc. Jonson often mentions the Mermaid. Cf. Inviting a Friend, Wks. 8. 205 : Is a pure cup of rich Canary Wine, Which is the Mermaid's now, but shall be mine. On the famous Voyage, Wks. 8. 234: At Bread-Street's Mermaid having dined, and merry, Proposed to go... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1905 - 348 Seiten
...Stale sack would indeed have been a vexation to Jonson, who preferred Canary sack. Cf. Epigram 1o1 : A pure cup of rich Canary wine, Which is the Mermaid's now, but shall be mine. PROL. ST.] Notes 131 THE PROLOGUE FOR THE STAGE 4. showes. Jonson himself, by his masks, had for years... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 616 Seiten
...know of, That will the pastry, not my paper, show of. Digestive cheese, and fruit there sure will be; But that which most doth take my muse and me Is a...shall be mine: Of which had Horace or Anacreon tasted, 31 Their lives, as do their lines, till now had lasted. Tobacco, nectar, or the Thespian spring, Are... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 654 Seiten
...That will the pastry, not my paper, show of. Digestive cheese, and fruit there sure will be; 1 .'H1 that which most doth take my muse and me Is a pure...shall be mine: Of which had Horace or Anacreon tasted, 31 Their lives, as do their lines, till now had lasted. Tobacco, nectar, or the Thespian spring, Are... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1909 - 572 Seiten
...of, 25 That will the pastry, not my paper, show of. Digestive cheese and fruit there sure will be. But that which most doth take my Muse and me Is a...wine, Which is the Mermaid's now but shall be mine; 30 Of which had Horace or Anacreon tasted, Their lives, as do their lines, till now had lasted: Tobacco,... | |
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But that which most doth take my muse and me, Is a pure cup of rich Canary wine, Which is the Mermaid's now, but shall be mine : Of which had Horace, or Anacreon tasted, Their lives, as do their lines, till now had lasted. 
