...things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. Then, when there hath been thrown Wit, able enough to justify the town For three days past, — wit,...

...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,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then, when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past — wit...

...words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As If that every one from whence they cama 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 enough to justify the town For three days past — wit...

...So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they camo Had meant to put hie whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been known Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past; wit that...

...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,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone ' Was able to make the two next companies...

...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,...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 ; wit that...

...dicere verum quis vetat." " 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,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." Mermaid Club, from Blackwood. THE evening on which the neAV debating society, established on the temporary...

...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,...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then, when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that...

...thing« hare 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...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; then when there hath been known Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that...

...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole soul in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." Then there is the " Literary Club," with Johnson, and Garrick, and Burke, and Reynolds, and Goldsmith...