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
| 1845 - 570 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,... | |
| 1845 - 440 páginas
...' So nimble and so full of subtle flame. As if Umt every one from whom they came Hod meant to 'piH his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Ofhisdulllife.1 ' I was all ear to hear,' and took in jests < whj * Such of the descendants of Jacob... | |
| Cornelius Webbe - 1845 - 398 páginas
...smoothed with Canary ?—Then ' what things were not seen And done, at the Mermaid ? Hard words that were 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... | |
| Eliphalet L. Rice - 1846 - 432 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...every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whale wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool (he rest Ofhiadulllife: The Mermaid was the chief... | |
| John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1846 - 414 páginas
...affection, in his letter to the old poet, written 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." It is greatly to be regretted, that not a... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1846 - 550 páginas
...his testimony to the brilliancy of the conversation, when he exclaims, — " 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 put his whole wit in a jest." Jonson seems to have held anger but a short time,... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1846 - 752 páginas
...his testimony to the brilliancy of the conversation, when he exclaims, — " 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 oae, from whom they came, Had put his whole wit in a jest." Jonson seems to have held anger but a short... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 páginas
...a rest Held up at tennis, which men do the best, With the beet gamesters : what things have we eeen Montague, be true. Stay but a little, I will come...night, all this is but a dream ; Too nattering sweet to Of his dull life : then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days... | |
| Robert Folkestone Williams - 1847 - 340 páginas
...exquisite fine fun," as he had ever found in beating of the watch. CHAPTER XXXIV. What things have we seen Done at, THE MERMAID : heard words that have been...they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest ! BEAUMONT. But that which most doth take my Muse and me, Is a pure cup of rich Canary wine, Which... | |
| John Selden - 1847 - 416 páginas
...and Jonfon took place, thus alluded to by Beaumont in his letter to Jonfon: What things have we feen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble, and fo full of fubtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in... | |
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