 | George William Johnson - 1835 - Страниц: 426
...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 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.' "... | |
 | 1835 - Страниц: 550
...(Minis, which men do the best With the beet j,-Eime3u-rs. What things have we secu Done at the Mermaid I heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtile (lame, As if that every one from whence they c.ime II:id mi-ant to put his whole wit in a jest, And... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - Страниц: 246
...of Ben Jonson, and the genius of Shakspeare. In a poetical epistle to Ben Jonson, Beaumont writes, " 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,... | |
 | Samuel Astley Dunham - 1837 - Страниц: 418
...with Shakespear, — combats which set the table in a roar. Thus Beaumont in a letter to him : — " 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, And... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - Страниц: 1130
...allusion to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson, from the country : '" m Shakespeare fall of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came. Had meant to put his whole wit in a... | |
 | 1839 - Страниц: 204
...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 Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they caine Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest !... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1840 - Страниц: 754
...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 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... | |
 | Edward Smallwood - 1840 - Страниц: 106
...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... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - Страниц: 918
...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, And had... | |
 | 1841 - Страниц: 744
...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 ! 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 ina jest !' Travelling... | |
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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... 
