 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 Seiten
...higher in learn* ing ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." * I before observed, that the pleasure we receive from wit is... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 474 Seiten
...higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." * I before observed, that the pleasure we receive from wit is... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1830 - 522 Seiten
...betweene Ben Jonson and Shakespeare. I behold them like a Spanish great galleon and an English man of war. Master Jonson, like the former, was built far higher...solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare, like the latter, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and... | |
 | 1831 - 460 Seiten
...Describing these, he says, " Many were the wit-combats between Shakspeare and Ben Jonson. I behold them like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war....Master Jonson, like the former, was built far higher in learning—solid, but slow in bis performances ; Shakspeare, like the latter, less in bulk, but lighter... | |
 | 1839 - 876 Seiten
...quaint and racy terms : " Many were the wit-conlestt betwixt him and Ben Jonson, which two I beheld like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war....in learning; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, (like the latter,) lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, and... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 342 Seiten
...far higher in learning: solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." This is a happy simile, with the exception of what is insinuated... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1835 - 744 Seiten
...doubt of it. Many," says Fuller, " were the wit combats between him (Shakspeare) and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English...in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, like an English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, would turn with all... | |
 | 1835 - 430 Seiten
...Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but alow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Nor shall thou, their compeer, be quickly forgotten, Allen, with... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1835 - 350 Seiten
...far higher in learning: solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with theEnglish man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." This is a happy simile, with the exception of what is insinuated... | |
 | 1835 - 432 Seiten
...learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in hulk, hut lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of liis wit and invention." Nor shall thou, their compeer, be quickly forgotten, Allen, with... | |
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Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare... 
