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. Memoirs of Mr. John Tobin ... - Página 137por John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger - 1820 - 444 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1844 - 424 páginas
...lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson from the country, — " What things have we seen Done at the MERMAID! heard words that have been So...so full of subtle flame, 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... | |
| Richard H. Horne - 1844 - 382 páginas
...be regretted they are not more numerous. O 2 REV. S. SMITH, A. FONBLANQUE, DOUGLAS JERROLD. " Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from wbom thoy came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." — BEAUMOVT. . " His fine wit Makes such... | |
| Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1844 - 430 páginas
...lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson from the country, — " What things 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,... | |
| Richard H. Horne - 1844 - 422 páginas
..." 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." BBAUMOKT. " His fine wit Makes such a wound, the knife fs lost in it." SHBLLBT. " I shall talk nothing... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1845 - 232 páginas
...things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtile flame, As if that every one from whence they came...in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest * So in Rochester's epigram : — " Slernhold and Hopkins had great qualms, When they translated David's... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1845 - 490 páginas
...things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtile flame, As if that every one from whence they came...in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest • So in Rochester's epigram :— " Siernhold and Hopkins had great qualms, When they transtated David's... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 544 páginas
...! 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, 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... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 540 páginas
...which men do the best With the best gamesters. What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! 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, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 520 páginas
...which men do the best With the best gamesters. What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! 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, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of... | |
| 1845 - 410 páginas
...a rest Held up at tennis, which men do the best With the best gamesters : what 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 Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,... | |
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