 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.  Outlook and Independent - Page 1161900Full view - About this book
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - Biography & Autobiography - 1844 - 430 pages
...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...words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle name, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." In a tract,... | |
 | Richard H. Horne - Authors, English - 1844 - 382 pages
...be regretted they are not more numerous. O 2 REV. S. SMITH, A. FONBLANQUE, DOUGLAS JERROLD. " Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from wbom thoy came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." — BEAUMOVT. . " His fine wit Makes such... | |
 | American literature - 1856 - 606 pages
...to regale their leisure. Who does not know Beaumont's lines on this paragon of taverns ? . . . . " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been 80 nimble and so full of subtle flame, AM if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put... | |
 | Richard H. Horne - Authors, English - 1844 - 422 pages
..." Hard words that have 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." BBAUMOKT. " His fine wit Makes such a wound, the knife fs lost in it." SHBLLBT. " I shall talk nothing... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 490 pages
...things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtile flame, As if that every one from whence they came...in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest • So in Rochester's epigram :— " Siernhold and Hopkins had great qualms, When they transtated David's... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English drama - 1845 - 232 pages
...things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtile flame, As if that every one from whence they came...in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest * So in Rochester's epigram : — " Slernhold and Hopkins had great qualms, When they translated David's... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 544 pages
...! Hard words that have 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,...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 past, — wit,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1845 - 570 pages
...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,... | |
 | 1845 - 410 pages
...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,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 520 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 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... | |
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