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
| William Shakespeare - 1847 - 736 páginas
...! heard words that have been Bo nimble, and so full of subtle flame, Ai if that every one from whom For I am she, and altogether joyless. I can no long The Mitre, in Fleet-street, seems to have been another tavern where the wits and poete of the day hilariously... | |
| John Britton - 1849 - 394 páginas
..." Heard words that had been So nimble, and 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." So in our sportive race of rivalry, each has evinced an eagerness to keep " a-head... | |
| Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 páginas
...have been So nimble, and so full of eubtile flame, Ae if that ever)' one from whence they came Hod 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 days... | |
| Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 páginas
...a rest Held up at tennis, which men ilo 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,... | |
| George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe - 1851 - 420 páginas
...Donne, at that resort of " good fellows" of the olden time — to have seen those things (l Done nt the Mermaid, heard words that have been So nimble,...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one, from whom they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jeet." This indeed would have been a feast for... | |
| Robert Folkestone Williams - 1851 - 328 páginas
...had ever found in beating of the watch. CHAPTER XXXIV. What things have we seen Done at THE MEHMAID : heard words that have been So nimble, and so full...subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they camo Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest ! BEAUMONT. But that which most doth take my Muse and... | |
| Francis Beaumont - 1851 - 720 páginas
...times and under excitement. " What things hare we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that hare 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... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 páginas
...like 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 whom they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,... | |
| Thomas H. Middleton - 1996 - 68 páginas
...finally caught his eye." No. 34 (FRANCIS) BEAUMONT LETTER TO BEN JONSON What things have we seen, / Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been / So nimble, and so full of subtil flame, / As if that every one from whence they came, / Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,... | |
| J. R. Mulryne, Margaret Shewring, Andrew Gurr - 1997 - 208 páginas
...things have we seen Done at the Mermaid? Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtill 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 foole the rest Of his dull life ... This was a merry and witty England, with all... | |
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