...we seen, Done at the MERMAID ! heard words that have been So nimble, and ко full of subtle llame, t Ales betwixt (his and the feast of saint John Baptist, : For the expression "wit-combats," in this interesting passage, we must refer to Fuller, who. describing...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...combined more talent and genius perhaps than ever met together, before or since, our author QJonson^ was a member ; and here for many years he regularly...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...

...respect." Of what passed at these many assemblies Beaumont thus speaks, addressing Ben Jonson : — ." What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...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...

...respect.'" Of what passed at these many assemblies Beaumont thus speaks, addressing Ben Jonson : — •" What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...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...

...regretted they are not more numerous. SYDNEY SMITH, ALBANY FONBLANQUE, AND DOUGLAS JEKEOLD. " Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle...they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." BEAUUOKT. " His fine wit Makes such a wound, the knife is lost in it." SHELLEY. « ' I shall talk nothing...

...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...

...JERROLD. " Ilnrd wenls that have been Bo nimble, miH so full of subtle flame, As if that every one IVom whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." Butmonr. " His fine wit Makcs such a wound, the knife is lost in it." SHELLY. " I shall talk nothing...