 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1844 - 612 Seiten
...1603, and he adds that " here for many years Ben Jonson repaired with Shakespeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Selden, Cotton, Carcw, Martin, Donne, and many others,...As if that every one from whom they came Had meant tu put hia whole wit in a jest." " which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1844 - 600 Seiten
...here for many years Ben Jonson repaired with Shakespeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Selden, Cotton, Carew, Martin, Donne, and many others, whose names, even...if that every one from whom they came Had meant to pat his whole wit in a jest." The Mitre, in Fleet Street, seems to have been another tavern where the... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1844 - 430 Seiten
...here for many years he regularly repaired with Shakspeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Selden, Cotton, Carew, Martin, Donne, and many others, whose names, even...call up a mingled feeling of reverence and respect. Here, in the full flow and confidence of friendship, the lively and interesting ' wit-combats' took... | |
 | 1845 - 410 Seiten
...here for many years he regularly repaired with Shakspere, Beaumont, Fletcher, Selden, Cotton, Carew, Martin, Donne, and many others, whose names even at...call up a mingled feeling of reverence and respect." Jonson has been accused of excess in wine ; and certainly temperance was not the virtue of his age.... | |
 | 1845 - 570 Seiten
...here for many years he regularly repaired with Shakspere, Beaumont, Fletcher, Selden, Cotton, Carew, Martin, Donne, and many others, whose names even at...call up a mingled feeling of reverence and respect." Jonson has been accused of excess in wine ; and certainly temperance was not the virtue of his age.... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1846 - 550 Seiten
...a letter to Ben, gives his testimony to the brilliancy of the conversation, when he exclaims, — " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...flame, As if that every one, from whom they came, Had put his whole wit in a jest." Jonson seems to have held anger but a short time, and was far from being... | |
 | Eliphalet L. Rice - 1846 - 432 Seiten
...testifies : 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 ! heard...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whale wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool (he rest... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1846 - 752 Seiten
...a letter to Ben, gives his testimony to the brilliancy of the conversation, when he exclaims, — " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every oae, from whom they came, Had put his whole wit in a jest." Jonson seems to have held anger but a short... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1847 - 340 Seiten
...participated in such " exquisite fine fun," as he had ever found in beating of the watch. CHAPTER XXXIV. What things have we seen Done at, THE MERMAID : 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 ! BEAUMONT. But that which most doth take... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 Seiten
...a rest Held up at tennis, which men do the best, With the beet gamesters : what things have we eeen Montague, be true. Stay but a little, I will come...[¿".ai. Rom. 0 blessed, blessed night ! I am afear'd, B whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest... | |
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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... 
