 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 pages
...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... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 712 pages
...heard words that hare 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'... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 pages
...Beaumont gives us the following fascinating account of their meetings, in his poetical epistle to Ben Jonson : . " What things have we seen Done at the...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 pages
...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." In further token of Shakespeare's having... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 538 pages
...them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson, from the country. — — " What things have we seen, Done at the MERMAID ! heard...they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest," &c. Fairer prospects now began to open on Jonson ; Elizabeth was frugal, and paid as grudgingly for... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 pages
...have we seen Done at the Mermaid ? Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle ñame, As if that every one from whom they came • ;/ Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, ' i And had resolved lo live a tool the rest Of his dull life. Then, when there hath been thrown Wit,... | |
 | John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger - 1820 - 470 pages
...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 In a moral view the advantages resulting from this order of... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 372 pages
...Hard 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 pages
...Hard 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... | |
 | 1822 - 492 pages
...smooth with sack or canary ? " 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...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 had been thrown Wit able... | |
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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... 
