 | Charles Armitage Brown - 1838 - Liczba stron: 326
...the Mermaid," but without any mention of individuals. It is in the poetical Letter from Beaumont to Ben Jonson •• — " What things have we seen Done...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,... | |
 | 1839 - Liczba stron: 204
...of the combats between the wits of those days, so charmingly described by Beaumont in his letter to Jonson — " What things have we seen Done at the...subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they caine Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest ! The practice of giving apostle spoons at christenings... | |
 | Edward Smallwood - 1840 - Liczba stron: 106
...with Crockford's! "Hyperion to a satyr!" Well might Beaumont exclaim — What things have we seen Dene at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that eveiy one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." No less a man than Raleigh... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - Liczba stron: 918
...was a member; and here for many years he regularly repaired with • Shakspeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Selden, Cotton, Carcw, Martin, Donne, and many others,...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.... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1841 - Liczba stron: 710
...Beaumont in his letter to Jonson. " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words (hat hare been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to pat his whole wit in a jest ! " Travelling by the swift power of imagination, we looked in at ll'illx... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - Liczba stron: 478
...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." Jonson has been accused of excess in wine ; and certainly temperance was not the virtue of his age.... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1846 - Liczba stron: 556
...saw you ; 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...have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, 1 leys] ie bows. • vie are all equal every whit, &c.] Seward, at Sympson's suggestion, pointed the... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1843 - Liczba stron: 114
...years, he [Jonson] regularly repaired with Shakespeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Selden, Cotton, Carew, Martin, Donne, and many others, whose names, even...call up a mingled feeling of reverence and respect." Mem. of Jonson, p. Ixvi. n " Many were the wit-combates betwixt him [Shakespeare] and Ben Johnson,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1843 - Liczba stron: 970
...many years, he (Jonson) regularly repaired with Shakspeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Seiden, 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... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - Liczba stron: 566
...saw you ; 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 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,... | |
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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... 
