 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 396 Seiten
...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,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life : then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 Seiten
...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,...resolved to live 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... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1862 - 732 Seiten
...and under excitement. " What thing« hare we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that...resolved to live 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... | |
 | Alexander Smith - 1863 - 338 Seiten
...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole soul in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." Then there is the " Literary Club," with Johnson, and Garrick, and Burke, and Reynolds, and Goldsmith... | |
 | William Harvey - 1864 - 412 Seiten
...heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that ev'ry one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; then, when there hath heen thrown Wit ahle enough to justify the town For three days past—wit that... | |
 | 1856 - 502 Seiten
...So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to pnt his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." We are left to imagine the contests of wit and argument between Jonson and Shakespeare, with the tantalizing... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1866 - 388 Seiten
...have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle fire, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. The author of " Peter Wilkins " resided for a time at .Clifford's Inn, and Dr. Johnson frequented all... | |
 | Jacob Larwood, John Camden Hotten - 1866 - 616 Seiten
...! heard words that have been So nimble and BO full of subtle flame, As if that any one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,...resolved to live 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... | |
 | 1869 - 786 Seiten
...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,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." The APOLLO Club, another of Ben Jonson's favourite haunts, was held at the old Devil Tavern (as is... | |
 | William Carlos Martyn - 1866 - 328 Seiten
...so full of subtle flame, As if they every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole soul in a jest, And had resolved to live 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... | |
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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. 
