| Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 pages
...have we seen Done at the Mermaid ? Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle ñame, As if that every one from whom they came • ;/ Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, ' i And had resolved lo live a tool the rest Of his dull life. Then, when there hath been thrown Wit,... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 pages
...Hard 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 resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1821 - 372 pages
...Hard 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 resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough... | |
| 1822 - 492 pages
...smooth with sack or canary ? " What things were not seen And done at the Mermaid } Hard words that were So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that...And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. Then, when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past —... | |
| William Oxberry - 1822 - 430 pages
...which men do the best With the best gamesters. What things have we seen Done in- the Mermaid ? Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that everyone from whom tbey came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool... | |
| Nathan Drake (M.D.) - 1824 - 656 pages
...wit-combats," of which Beaumont several years after, in his letter to Jonson from the country, says, What things have we seen, Done at the Mermaid! heard...they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest. It was on the night previous to Shakspeare's departure from London, that he and Ben Jonson, having... | |
| Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...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...they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." * The best specimen of Shakspeare's extemporary wit, is his jocular epitaph on Mr. John Combe, who... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1824 - 658 pages
...wit-combats," of which Beaumont several years after, in his letter to Jonson from the country, says, What things have we seen, Done at the Mermaid! heard...they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest. It was on the night previous to Shakspeare's departure from London, that he and Ben Jonson, having... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1824 - 670 pages
...wit-combats," of which Beaumont several years after, in his letter to Jonson from the country, says, What things have we seen, Done at the Mermaid! heard...they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest. It was on the night previous to Shakspeare's departure from London, that he and Ben Jonson, having... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1824 - 344 pages
...wit-combats," of which Beaumont several years after, in his letter to Jonson from the country, says, What things have we seen, Done at the Mermaid! heard...they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest. It was on the night previous to Shakspeare's departure from London, that he and Ben Jonson, having... | |
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