 | William Godwin - 1804
...had been accustomed to hold with Shakespear, Fletcher and Jonson. gay and 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 cam«v Had meant to put his whole wit... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811
...by Beaumont, in the following passage of a letter from him to Ben Jonson : 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 teil... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811
...a rest Held up at tennis,5 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... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 14 pages
...a rest, With the best gamesters. What things have we seen Held up at tennis, which men do the best Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, As if that every one from whence... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 196 pages
...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... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816
...lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson, from thecountry. • " 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... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1817
...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... | |
 | John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger - 1820 - 444 pages
...up at Tennis —*• which men do the best With the best gamesters. — What things have we see1!* 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... | |
 | William Henry Pyne - 1824
...things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that hare been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As If that every one from whence they came Had meant to put hli whole life in a jest." Beaumont in a Letter to Jontoit. f Then was rather an alarming Intimation... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - 1824
...furnished matter for retrospective delight in so competent a judge as Beaumont. " 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... | |
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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... 
