 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...  Our Boys and Girls - Стр. 314редактор(ы): - 1870Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1866 - Страниц: 388
...thus reveals to Ben Jonson their convivial talk : — What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle fire, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1867 - Страниц: 702
...saw yon; for wit Is like & rest Held up at tennis, which men do the best Wi tli the best gamesters : what things have we seen Done at the Mermaid 1 heard words that have tea So nimble and so fnll of subtile flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to... | |
 | 1868 - Страниц: 1038
...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 1 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 resolved to live a fool the rest... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1868 - Страниц: 384
...reveals to Ben Jonson their convivial talk : — ' What things have we seen Done at the "Mermaid" ! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle fire, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved... | |
 | 1868 - Страниц: 978
...and humour which flowed there, when he says, — " What things have we seen Done at the ' Mermaid ' ! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle fire, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And hml resolved... | |
 | Sir John Beaumont - 1869 - Страниц: 412
...Franeis Jteaumont's deseription of their Wit-eomhats : " 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 thoy eame Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his... | |
 | Belgravia - 1869 - Страниц: 776
...verses we have before quoted, and which are now trite. " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid I heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they cnme Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - 1869 - Страниц: 306
...merry meetings in a sonnet to Jonson : " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard word.- that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if they every one from whence they came, Had meant to put his whole soul in a jest, And had resolved to... | |
 | 1900 - Страниц: 1070
...under no roof in England has better talk been heard : 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... | |
 | 1871 - Страниц: 908
...Mermaid, in his poetical epistle to Ben Jonson : — " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of...if that every one from whom they came Had meant to pot his whole wit in a jest, And bad resohr'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then, when... | |
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