...which men do the best With the best gamesters. What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle...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. Then, when there hath been thrown Wit, able...

...tennis, which men do the best With the best gamesters. What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle...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. Then, when there hath been thrown Wit, able...

...smoothed with Canary ?—Then ' what things were not seen And done, at the Mermaid ? Hard words that were So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that...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. Then, when there had been thrown Wit able...

...Hard 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, And had resolved to live a fool the rest * So in Rochester's epigram : — " Bternhold and Hopkins...

...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, And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life : then when there hath been thrown Wit able...

...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, And had resolv'd to live a fool the rest Of his dull life : then when there hath been thrown Wit able...

...Beaumont alludes with so much affection, in his letter to the old poet, written from the country : — " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." It is greatly to be regretted, that not a fragment of these meetings has come down to us ; a few scattered...

...things have we feen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble, and fo full of fubtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jeft. His intenfe application appears to have ful votary of the Mufes, and but few of his attempts...

...we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been Bo nimble, and so full of subtle flame, Ai y enjoys the queen thereof; For I am she, and altogether joyless. I can no longer h Mitre, in Fleet-street, seems to have been another tavern where the wits and poete of the day hilariously...

...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 ! BEAUMONT. But that which most doth take my Muse and me, Is a pure cup of rich Canary wine, Which...