 | William Godwin - 1804 - 536 pągines
...the convivial meetings he had been accustomed to hold with Shakespear, Fletcher and Jonson. gay and What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they cam«v Had meant to put his whole wit in ajest> And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 pągines
...of our Authors' time, and celebrated by Beaumont, in the following passage of a letter from him to Ben Jonson : What things have we seen Done at the...heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtile flame, As IP that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 728 pągines
...of our Authors' time, and celebrated by Beaumont, in the following passage of a letter from him to Ben Jonson : What things have we seen Done at the...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 teil in a jest,... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 pągines
...and Beaumont gives us the following fascinating account of their meetings, in his poetical epistle to Ben Jonson : . " What things have we seen Done at...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; then when... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 pągines
...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,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 538 pągines
...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...As if that every one from whom they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest," &c. Fairer prospects now began to open on Jonson ; Elizabeth was frugal,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 546 pągines
...here, for many years, he regularly repaired with Shakspeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Selden, Cotton, Carew, Martin, Donne, and many others, whose names, even...call up a mingled feeling of reverence and respect. Here, in the full flow and confidence of friendship, the lively and interesting " wit-combats" took... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1817 - 708 pągines
...many years, he (Jonson) regularly repaired with Shakspeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Selden, Cotton, Carew, Martin, Donne, and many others, whose names, even...call up a mingled feeling of reverence and respect. Here, in the full flow and confidence of friendship, the lively and interesting * wit-combats' took... | |
 | John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger - 1820 - 470 pągines
...up at Tennis —*• which men do the best With the best gamesters. — What things have we see1!* Done at the Mermaid — heard words that have been...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... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 380 pągines
...and whose meetings furnished matter for retrospective delight in so competent a judge as Beaumont. " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard...As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." * The best specimen of Shakspeare's extemporary wit, is his jocular... | |
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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... 
