...and so full of subtle fire, As if that every one from whom 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. The author of " Peter Wilkins " resided for a time at .Clifford's Inn, and Dr. Johnson frequented all...

...Had meant to put his whole wit in a Jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rot Ofhlsdulllife; theu when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to Justify...talk foolishly Till that were cancelled : and when tbat was gone We left an air behind na, which alone Was able to make the two next companies Right witty;...

...BO 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." But the tankard is empty, the pipe is smoked out, the echoes are silent, and we will close the doors...

...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...For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were canccll'd : and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two...

...and so full of subtle fire, As if that every one from whom 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.' The author of Peter Wilkins was a frequent visitor at an hostel near Clifford's Inn, and Dr. Johnson...

...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they cam e Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." BROOKES'S. This club, originally a gaming club, was founded in Pall Mall in 1764, on the site of the...

...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, And had resolved to live a fool the rest...For the whole city to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd ; and, when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two...

...merry meetings in a sonnet to Jonson : " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard word.- that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." Jonson, who appreciated Shakespeare both as friend and antagonist, said of him, " He was not for an...

...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 and had resolved to live a fool the rest...been thrown wit able [enough] to justify the Town (H&S, 11, 375-6) As David Riggs observes: 'The feat of cleverness recalled in the last few lines aptly...

...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 life; then when there had been thrown Wit able enough to justify the Town For three days past, with that might warrant be...