 With the best gamesters : 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...  An Introduction to Shakespeare - Seite 56von Henry Noble MacCracken, Frederick Erastus Pierce, Willard Higley Durham - 1910 - 222 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Francis Beaumont - 1750 - 560 Seiten
...the Mer-maid ! heard Words that have been So nimble and fo full of fubtle Flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole Wit in a Jeft, And had refoh'd to live a Fool the reft Of his dull Life-, then when there hath been thrown Wit... | |
 | William Godwin - 1804 - 554 Seiten
...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...might warrant be For the whole city to talk foolishly *Itill that were cancell'd ; and', when that was CHAP. xxxvi. gone, , , . We left an air behind us... | |
 | William Godwin - 1804 - 536 Seiten
...if that every one from whence they cam«v Had meant to put his whole wit in ajest> And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; then when there hath been thrown Till that were cancell'd; and, when that was CHAP gone, XXXVI 'We left an air behind us which alone... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 Seiten
...Mermaid .' heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtile flame, As IP 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.' FROM the Mermaid is clearly right ; meaning ' instructions... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 728 Seiten
...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 resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 Seiten
...subtle flame, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, As if that every one from whence they came And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; then when there hath been thrown Kight witty; though but downright fools, mere wise." Was able to make the two next companies Beaumont's... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 Seiten
...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 resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." In further token of Shakespeare's having belonged... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 538 Seiten
...! 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," &c. Fairer prospects now began to open on Jonson ; Elizabeth was frugal, and paid as grudgingly for... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1817 - 708 Seiten
...! 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, &c." * For the expression " wit-combats," in this interesting passage, we must refer to Fuller, who,... | |
 | John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger - 1820 - 470 Seiten
...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...in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest In a moral view the advantages resulting from this order of things is equally apparent : between partners... | |
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