 | Frederick Saunders - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 364
...allusion to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander in his letter to Jonson from the country, — ' What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...that every one from whom they came Had meant to put MB whole wit into a jest.' " The " Kit-Kat Club," one of the most renowned of the clubs, was originated... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 1158
..."here for raany*years Ben Jonson repaired with Shakespeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Seiden, Cotton, Carew, dise I will. Go, Tubai, and meet me at our synagogue...Enter BASSANIO, PORTIA, GRATIANO, NERISSA, and their :— Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, Had mean... | |
 | Guildhall Library (London, England), Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy, Jacob Henry Burn - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 308
..."the immortal Ben," from Beaumont, who died ere he had reached his thirtieth year, in March, 1616 : " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...flame, As if that every one from whom they came, Had mean'd to put his whole wit in a jest." The Mermaid and the Mitre appear to have been rival taverns,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 314
...to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson from the country, — ' What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle name, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit into a jest.' " The "... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 454
...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... | |
 | 1855 - عدد الصفحات: 604
...to regale their leisure. Who does not know Beaumont's lines on this paragon of taverns ? . . . . " er whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest... | |
 | 1855 - عدد الصفحات: 834
...club of genial spirits, to which regularly repaired Shakspcare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Seiden, Cotton, Donne, and many others whose names, even at this distant...call up a mingled feeling of reverence and respect. It is pretty certain, as I have already stated, that Shakspeare began his career in dramatic poetry... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Leigh Hunt - 1855 - عدد الصفحات: 412
...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.... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 34
...has read the lines froiu Beaumont to " rare Ben " on this inn, but they wiH ever bear repetition — What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...flame, As if that every one from whom they came, Had mean'd to put his whole wit in a jest. 30.— 31. Two early tokens of other taverns of the same sign,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 602
...used to regale their leisure. Who does not know Beaumont's lines on this paragon of taverns? . . . . " 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, And had resolved to live a fool the rest... | |
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