 | 1826 - 372 pages
...Jonson, from the country: " What things have we seen Done at the MERMAID ? heard words that have been 80 nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every...they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." For the expression, " wit-combats," we must refer to Fuller ; who, in his " Worthies," describing the... | |
 | 1826 - 374 pages
...seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if every one from whom they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest," &c' Unfortunately, nons of these noble sallies have been handed down to us, unless, indeed, they may... | |
 | Cornelius Webbe - 1828 - 468 pages
...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...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. ' I was all ear to hear,' and took in jests... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1830 - 522 pages
...the poett, playful raillery, exalted by the power of genius, predominated over abstruse discussion. " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...every one from whom they came Had meant to put his wit in a jest," &c. * Gifford's Life of Ben Jonson, p. 65. prefixed to an edition of his works. f Referred... | |
 | 1832 - 792 pages
...heard works 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... | |
 | 1833 - 222 pages
...many brilliant imaginations, and watch the striking out of their fiery sparks of wit, So nimble and BO 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 Ma dull life. ' I was all ear to hear,' and took in jests... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 342 pages
...which men do the best With the hest gamesters. What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle...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... | |
 | George William Johnson - 1835 - 398 pages
...allusion to 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.' " (Jonson's works, 1. Ixvi.) The intimacy and affection that existed between Selden and Jonson, are... | |
 | George William Johnson - 1835 - 426 pages
...allusion to 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.' " (Jonson's works, i. Ixvi.) The intimacy and affection that existed between Selden and Jonson, are... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1835 - 350 pages
...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...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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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... 
