 ts own hall ; when these (in worthy scorn Of those that put out monies on return From Venice, Paris, or some inland passage Of six times to and fro, without embassage, Or him that backward went to Berwick, or which Did dance the famous Morris unto Norwich)...  Bartholomew Fair - Page 148by Ben Jonson - 1904 - 238 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 482 pages
...embassage, Or him that backward went to Berwick, or which Did dance the famous morris unto Norwich) At Bread-street's Mermaid having dined, and merry, Proposed to go to Holborn in a wherry : A harder task, than either his to Bristo', Or his to Antwerp. Therefore, once more, list ho'. A dock... | |
 | British Archaeological Association - Archaeology - 1855 - 498 pages
...special associates. Thus we find of Ben Jonson's favourite place of resort, he says : " ' At Bread Street Mermaid having dined and merry, Proposed to go to Holborn in a wherry.' " In the accounts of the personal expenditure of Shakespeare's ' Jockey of Norfolk,' wo find ' payd... | |
 | William Harvey - London (England) - 1864 - 412 pages
...founded by Raleigh, and immortalized by Beaumont and Jonson himself in some memorable lines :— " At Bread-street's Mermaid having dined, and merry, Proposed to go to Holborn in a wherry." " A pure cup of rich Canary wine, Which is the Mermaid's now, but shall be mine." "What things have... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - London (England) - 1871 - 510 pages
...association with some of the most illustrious names in the literature of our country. " At Bread Street's ' Mermaid' having dined, and merry, Proposed to go to Holborn in a wherry." BEN JONSON. Here was held the celebrated Mermaid Club, at which Sir Walter Raleigh so often presided;... | |
 | John Timbs - 1872 - 646 pages
...stood in Friday-street, Cheapside ; but Ben Jonson has, in his own verse, settled it in Breadstreet : At Bread-street's Mermaid having dined and merry, Proposed to go to Holborn in a wherry. Ben yimson, ed. Gijford, viii. 242. Mr. Hunter also, in his Notes on Shakspeare, tells us that Mr.... | |
 | John Timbs - Bars (Drinking establishments) - 1872 - 646 pages
...stood in Friday-street, Cheapside ; but Ben Jonson has, in his own verse, settled it in Breadstreet : At Bread-street's Mermaid having dined and merry, Proposed to go to Holborn in a wherry. Ben Jonson, ed. Gifford, viii. 242. Mr. Hunter also, in his Notes on Shakspeare, tells us that Mr.... | |
 | Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson - English poetry - 1878 - 576 pages
...backward went to Berwick, or which Did dance the famous Morris unto Norwich)* At Bread-street's Mermaid,t having dined, and merry, Proposed to go to Holborn in a wherry : A harder task than either his to Bristo', Or his to Antwerp. Therefore, once more, list ho. A dock... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson - English poetry - 1879 - 844 pages
...went to Berwick, or which Did dance the famous Morris unto Norwich) nt At Bread-street's Mermaid,115 having dined, and merry, Proposed to go to Holborn in a wherry : A harder task than either his to Bristo', Or his to Antwerp. Therefore, once more, list ho. 11* The... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - Allusions - 1881 - 600 pages
...was nearer to Bread Street than Friday Street." Ben Jonson also writes, — At Bread-street's Mfrmaid having dined and merry, Proposed to go to Holborn in a wherry. The origin of the Mermaid Club is traditionally ascribed to Sir Walter Raleigh. Gifford says: " Sir... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1901 - 394 pages
...association with some of the most illustrious names in the literature of our country. "At Bread Street's Mermaid having dined, and merry, Proposed to go to Holborn in a wherry." — Ben Jonson. Here was held the celebrated Mermaid Club, at which Sir Walter Raleigh so often presided... | |
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