 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 1158 Seiten
...convivial meetings at the Mermaid club, established by Sir Walter Raleigh 2 ; and he adds, " which ogether, Would quite confound distinction, yet stand...mighty. If she be All that is virtuous, (save what thou lighter.in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds 1 See the... | |
 | Barry Cornwall - 1853 - 290 Seiten
...far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspere, like an 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.' Jonson (a warm hearted man, as well as a sterling writer) declares,... | |
 | Shopkeeper, Robert Kemp Philp - 1853 - 264 Seiten
...wit-combats," says Fuller, " between him [Ben Jonson] and Shakspere, which two I beheld like a great Spanish galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Jonson (like...built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in its performances. Shakspere, like the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, would... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 536 Seiten
...between him and Shakespeare, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war. Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning...tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention."i I before observed, that the pleasure we receive from wit is increased,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 538 Seiten
...between him and Shakespeare, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war. Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning...tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention."i I before observed, that the pleasure we receive from wit is increased,... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1854 - 976 Seiten
...in Learning, Solid, but Slow in hú performance*. Shakespeare, with the English man of war, leeser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could' turn with...tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of hU Wit and Invention." Falbr** WerOnit (Warwick.), p. 126, éd. 1G62. YOL. I. 4 Had mr.irif... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1855 - 798 Seiten
...Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. C. V. L,, 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 shalt thou, their compeer, be quickly forgotten, Allen, with... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1855 - 1088 Seiten
...behold like a Spani;>h great galleon and an English man-of-war : Master Jonson, like the former, wns Prog. nantV j'ic ' re"dy '• »pproheneive.— *...enchantment your presence worked in my affections. oil tides, tack about, and lake advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention."... | |
 | David Masson - 1856 - 494 Seiten
...Ben Jonson at the Mermaid Tavern. — " Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson ; which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English...built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in performance. Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could... | |
 | William Howitt - 1856 - 596 Seiten
...like the former, was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, 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 his invention." Enough has been said of this celebrated club by a variety... | |
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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... 
