 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1868 - 382 strani
..."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,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.' The author of Peter Wilkins was a frequent visitor at an hostel near Clifford's Inn, and Dr. Johnson... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Braddon - 1868 - 668 strani
...Beaumont wrote about Ben Jonson's famous club at the Mermaid in Cornhill : " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So...subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they cam e Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1868 - 384 strani
..."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,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.' The author of Peter Wilkins was a frequent visitor at an hostel near Clifford's Inn, and Dr. Johnson... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1869 - 380 strani
...! 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,...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 that might warrant... | |
 | 1900 - 1070 strani
...one to believe that 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...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. The age was eminently social in instinct and habit ; society, in the modern sense of the word, was... | |
 | Oliver Optic - 1870 - 974 strani
...1 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,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." w. GEORGE SANDYS, an Englishman, who travelled in the East in the early part of the seventeenth century,... | |
 | sir John Scott Keltie - 1870 - 588 strani
...! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom with scorn on thee, . . . It has been conjectured that Beaumont and Fletcher commenced their literary partnership about... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1871 - 516 strani
...which they had both of them so often borne a part in the Mermaid Tavern :— " What things have we seen Done at the ' Mermaid.' Heard words that have been...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 that might warrant... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 strani
...heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtile flame, As if that every one, from whom they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,...a fool the rest Of his dull life; then, when there hath been shown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past; wit that might warrant be... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1873 - 964 strani
...!' Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtile 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." Ben Jonson, under James I., gradually became the convivial centre of a group of men of genius, and... | |
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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 life. 
