 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1860 - 370 pages
...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 and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone ' Was able to make the two next companies... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1862 - 732 pages
...well аз the saturnine Ben Jonson, could be jocund at times and under excitement. " What thing« hare we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have...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 pages
...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 pages
...heard 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,...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1866 - 388 pages
...have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle fire, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. The author of " Peter Wilkins " resided for a time at .Clifford's Inn, and Dr. Johnson frequented all... | |
 | 1869 - 786 pages
...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." The APOLLO Club, another of Ben Jonson's favourite haunts, was held at the old Devil Tavern (as is... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1866 - 736 pages
...full nf subtle iiiime, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit ill a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; then when there Imth been known "VVit ahle enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that mi^ht warrant... | |
 | George Ross - 1867 - 194 pages
...heard words that have been So nimble, and BO 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." But the tankard is empty, the pipe is smoked out, the echoes are silent, and we will close the doors... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1868 - 384 pages
...have we seen Done at the "Mermaid" ! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle fire, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.' The author of Peter Wilkins was a frequent visitor at an hostel near Clifford's Inn, and Dr. Johnson... | |
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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... 
