 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 Seiten
...'" What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble, and so fall &C." '*• The 'wit combats' alluded to in this interesting passage are mentioned by Fuller, who, speaking... | |
 | William John Thoms - 1839 - 222 Seiten
...of the combats between the wits of those days, so charmingly described by Beaumont in his letter to Jonson — " What things have we seen Done at the...came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest ! The practice of giving apostle spoons at christenings has been thus described by Steevens in a note to... | |
 | 1839 - 204 Seiten
...of the combats between the wits of those days, so charmingly described by Beaumont in his letter to Jonson — " What things have we seen Done at the...subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they caine Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest ! The practice of giving apostle spoons at christenings... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1840 - 754 Seiten
...well as the saturnine Ben Jonson, could be jocund at times and under excitement. " What things hare we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have...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 known Wit able... | |
 | Edward Smallwood - 1840 - 106 Seiten
...with Crockford's! "Hyperion to a satyr!" Well might Beaumont exclaim — What things have we seen Dene at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that eveiy one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." No less a man than Raleigh... | |
 | 1841 - 744 Seiten
...thoughts that breathe, and words that burn,' so beautifully described by Beaumont in his letter to Jonson. ' What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid...from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit ina jest !' Travelling by the swift power of imagination, we looked in at Wilts and Button's ; beheld... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1841 - 710 Seiten
...Beaumont in his letter to Jonson. " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words (hat hare been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to pat his whole wit in a jest ! " Travelling by the swift power of imagination, we looked in at ll'illx... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - 918 Seiten
...I saw you; for wit is 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 whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1843 - 114 Seiten
...witcombats0", in which, to the delight of the company, Shakespeare and Jonson would frequently engage ; " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...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... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1846 - 556 Seiten
...saw you ; for wit is 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...have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, 1 leys] ie bows. • vie are all equal every whit, &c.] Seward, at Sympson's suggestion, pointed the... | |
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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 dull... 
