 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1859 - 730 דפים
...So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they camo Had meant to put hie whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool...rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been known Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past; wit that might warrant be For the whole... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 392 דפים
...whole wit in a jest, And 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...For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd ; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 396 דפים
...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...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 might warrant be... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1860 - 370 דפים
...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...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone ' Was able to make the two next companies... | |
 | Peter Paradox (pseud.) - 1860 - 296 דפים
...verum quis vetat." " 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...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." Mermaid Club, from Blackwood. THE evening on which the neAV debating society, established on the temporary... | |
 | 1861 - 882 דפים
...heard words that have been So nimble and so fall of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest. And it was for the assembly at the Devil Tavern, near Temple-bar, that Ben Jonson wrote his famous Leges... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1862 - 732 דפים
...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, And...the rest Of his dull life; then when there hath been known Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that might warrant be * Fur the... | |
 | Alexander Smith - 1863 - 338 דפים
...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole soul in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." Then there is the " Literary Club," with Johnson, and Garrick, and Burke, and Reynolds, and Goldsmith sitting... | |
 | William Harvey - 1864 - 412 דפים
...words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that ev'ry one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And...fool the rest Of his dull life; then, when there hath heen thrown Wit ahle enough to justify the town For three days past—wit that might warrant be For... | |
 | 1856 - 502 דפים
...So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to pnt his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." We are left to imagine the contests of wit and argument between Jonson and Shakespeare, with the tantalizing... | |
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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... 
