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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... "
The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher - Page 254
by Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811
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Noontide Leisure; Or, Sketches in Summer, Outlines from Nature ..., Volumes 1-2

Nathan Drake (M.D.) - 1824 - 656 pages
...wit-combats," of which Beaumont several years after, in his letter to Jonson from the country, says, 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 whom they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest. It...
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The life of Shakspeare; enquiries into the originality of his dramatic plots ...

Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...and whose meetings furnished matter for retrospective delight in so competent a judge as Beaumont. " 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 whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." *...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 216 pages
...meetings furnished matter for retrospective delight in so competent a judge as Beaumont. "What thiuga hare we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble , and so full of subtle llama, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in u jest" 11....
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Somerset House Gazette and Literary Museum, Or, Weekly Miscellany of Fine ...

1824 - 436 pages
...talent was assembled here I Shakespeare, Beaumont, Fletflicr, SeMen, Cotton, Carrw, Martin, and Dunne. " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that hare been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As If that every one from whence they came Had meant...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben ..., Volume 13

1826 - 374 pages
...probable allusion to them. Beaumont let 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 flame, As if every one from whom they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest," &c' Unfortunately,...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben ..., Volume 11

1826 - 372 pages
...some of 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 80 nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came, Had meant to put...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Ralegh with Some Account of the Period in ...

Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1830 - 522 pages
...the poett, playful raillery, exalted by the power of genius, predominated over abstruse discussion. " 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 whom they came Had meant to put his wit in a jest," &c. * Gifford's...
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Memoirs of John Selden: And Notices of the Political Contest During His Time

George William Johnson - 1835 - 398 pages
...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 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.' "...
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Memoirs of John Selden and notices of the political contest during his time

George William Johnson - 1835 - 426 pages
...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 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.' "...
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The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful ..., Volume 4

1835 - 550 pages
...(Minis, which men do the best With the beet j,-Eime3u-rs. What things have we secu Done at the Mermaid I heard words that have 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...
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