 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - 1999 - 1160 pages
...have we seen, Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtil llame, As if that every one from whence they came, Had meant...resolved to live a fool, the rest Of his dull life. 'letter to lien Jonson' 14 Here are sands, ignoble things, Dropt from the ruined sides of kings; Here's... | |
 | Ilʹi︠a︡ Gililov, Ilya Gililov - 2003 - 1002 pages
...of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit inagest, And had resolved to live a fool, the rest Of his dull...able enough to justify the Town For three days past, with that might warrant be For the whole City to talk foolishly Till that were canceled, and when that... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 2003 - 358 pages
...Mermaid? heard words that have been so nimble, & so full of subtil flame as if that every one from whom they came had meant to put his whole wit in a jest...a fool the rest of his dull life; then, when there hath been thrown wit able [enough] to justify the Town (H&S, 11, 375-6) As David Riggs observes: 'The... | |
 | Russell A. Fraser - 568 pages
...the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that everyone from whence they came, Had meant to put his whole...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. Often the jests were sodden. "Immoderate quaffing," a vice of English, plagued many in Shakespeare's... | |
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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 life. 
