 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 1158 pages
...respect." Of what passed at these many assemblies Beaumont thus speaks, addressing Ben Jonson :— nts. Por. I pray you tarry : pause a day or two. Before you hazard ; for, subtle flame, Had mean - "What things have we seen As if that every one from whom they came iant to... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 442 pages
...respect." Of what passed at these many assemblies Beaumont thus speaks, addressing Ben Jonson : — " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been Bo nimble, and so full of subtle name, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 360 pages
...our author ; and hither Beaumont 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 flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest !"... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 pages
..." Methinks the little wit I had is lost Since I saw you ; for wit is like a rest Held up at Tennis, which men do the best With the best gamesters. What...' Mermaid !' heard words that have been So nimble, apd so full of subtile flame, As if that every one, from whom they came, Had meant to put his whole... | |
 | English literature - 1855 - 604 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 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,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1856 - 602 pages
...used 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 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,... | |
 | John Selden - 1856 - 314 pages
...trees are. Shakespeare and Jonson took place, thus alluded to by Beaumont in his letter to Jonson : 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 whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest. His... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1856 - 34 pages
...has read the lines froiu Beaumont to " rare Ben " on this inn, but they wiH ever bear repetition — 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 whom they came, Had mean'd to put his whole wit in a jest.... | |
 | M. A. Thomson - 1856 - 318 pages
...the poet,f playful raillery, exalted by the power of genius, predominated over abstruse discussion. " 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 whom they came Had meant to put his wit in a jest," &c. 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... 
