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“What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! 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 resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Letter to Ben Jonson.
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 419f1856bb792b85980ea58babc60e611bd0004f67c9e30825a326f5bd7039cc
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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