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... The Works of Ben Jonson - Seite lxviivon Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1853 - 454 Seiten
...in his letter to Jonson from the country, — " What things have we seen Done at the MERMAID Ineard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle...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 - 1853 - 442 Seiten
...have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been Bo 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." anything ill1. Connected with Ben Jonson'e solidity and slowness is a wittieism between him and Shakespeare,... | |
| Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 314 Seiten
...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 into a jest.' " The " Kit-Kat Club," one of the most renowned of the clubs, was originated in the year... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 360 Seiten
...and interesting " wit-combats" took place between Shakespeare and our author ; and hither Beaumont lets his thoughts wander in his letter to Jonson from...they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest !" Fairer prospects began to open on Jonson at the accession of James, who was liberal to men of merit,... | |
| 1854 - 778 Seiten
...the old poet, written from the country : " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard'words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame,...they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." Ben Jonson had another club, of which he appears to have been the founder, held in a room of the old... | |
| Oliver Oldham - 1854 - 406 Seiten
...silence, at so many brilliant imaginations, and watch the striking out of their fiery sparks of wit, "So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that...whom they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in u jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." 2. It was after supper that a small... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1855 - 590 Seiten
...club, with Ben Jonson, Fletcher, Beaumont, and at last with Shakspeare's self, to hear and utter " Words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle...came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest.''* Anything to forget the hand- writing on the wall, which will not be forgotten. But he will do all the... | |
| 1855 - 576 Seiten
...the Mermaid Tavern on Friday Street, and allowed his table-talk to mingle with those famous words, " So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that...they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." It seems hard to reconcile the life of John Selden with his character. Fond of literary leisure and... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 Seiten
...have we seen Done at the ' Mermaid !' heard words that have been So nimble, apd so full of subtile flame, As if that every one, from whom 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 ; then, when there hath been shown Wit able... | |
| Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Leigh Hunt - 1855 - 444 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, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able... | |
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