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. A Manual of English Literature - Strona 288autor: Henry Morley - 1879 - Liczba stron: 665Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - Liczba stron: 562
...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...resolved to 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... | |
| 1822 - Liczba stron: 492
...things were not seen And done at the Mermaid } Hard words that were So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came 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 — wit, that... | |
| William Oxberry - 1822 - Liczba stron: 430
...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...resolved to 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,... | |
| Cornelius Webbe - 1828 - Liczba stron: 468
...imaginations, and watch the striking out of their fiery sparks of wit, So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. ' I was all ear to hear,' and took in jests ' which might create a laugh under the ribs of death ;'... | |
| 1832 - Liczba stron: 792
...heard works 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,...resolved to 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... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1834 - Liczba stron: 342
...things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had...resolved to 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,... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1835 - Liczba stron: 350
...things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had...resolved to 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,... | |
| 1835 - Liczba stron: 550
...been So nimble, and so full of subtile (lame, As if that every one from whence they c.ime II:id mi-ant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; then where there had been tlirown Wit able i-Hough to justify the town For three Hays mst, — wit... | |
| Englishmen - 1836 - Liczba stron: 246
...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,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." He died on the 15th of March, 1615, in the 30th year of his age, leaving behind him one daughter, who,... | |
| Samuel Astley Dunham - 1837 - Liczba stron: 418
...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...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." Where, we repeat, amidst scenes so unfavourable to study, Jonson acquired an erudition so extensive,... | |
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