 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 830 Seiten
...Many were the wit-combates betwixt him and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great gallion . quickness of his wit and invention."66 We now come to perhaps the most remarkable literary notice of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 832 Seiten
...Many were the wit-combates betwixt him and Ben Jonson, which two I hehold like a Spanish great gallion and an English man-of-war ; — Master Jonson (like...tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention."66 We now come to perhaps the most remarkable literary notice of... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 Seiten
...like the former, was built br higher Bl learning ; solid, but slow In his performances. Shakspeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser In bulk, but lighter...with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of an wlaJm, by UK quickness of bis wit and Invention."— fuUer'i IfortUa. Trust him not : Ms word?,... | |
 | 1867 - 420 Seiten
...Jonson, like the former, built higher in learning, solid but slow in his performances ; Shakspeare, lesser in bulk but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take advantage of every wind by the quickness of his invention." Of these "wit combats" scarce a vestige remains, but... | |
 | William Maxwell - 1850 - 510 Seiten
...betwixt him and Ben Jonson; which two I behold like a Spanish great Gallion, and an English Man of War: Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher...but slow, in his performances. Shakespeare, with the Englishman of War, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and... | |
 | Samuel Schoenbaum - 1987 - 420 Seiten
...$'ir\ ; Ai& o/Kf £fe ^ A '^JKi' ^' 34. L'Estrange's anecdote of Shakespeare and Jonson, 1629-55. lish man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing,...tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention. He died Anno Domini 16... and was buried at Stratford upon Avon,... | |
 | James Shapiro - 1991 - 234 Seiten
...JONSON AND SHAKESPEARE 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 his performances. Shakespeare, with the English Man of War, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take... | |
 | Abraham Moses Klein - 1994 - 304 Seiten
...him talk. After all, Jonson, unlike Robinson, knew Shakespeare. Which two (Jonson and Shakespeare) I behold like a Spanish Great Galleon and an English...tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention. - Fuller's Worthies It is inconceivable, finally, that Untermeyer... | |
 | R. B. Parker, Sheldon P. Zitner - 1996 - 340 Seiten
...higher in Learning; Solid, but Slow, in his performances. Shake-spear, 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.9 Fuller presents these celebrated wit-combats as a replay of the... | |
 | Steven Earnshaw - 2000 - 308 Seiten
...took place those 'wit combats,' of which Fuller speaks, between Shakspere and Ben Jonson, 'which two 1 behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English...in learning; solid, but slow, in his performances. Shakspere, like the English man-ofwar, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all... | |
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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... 
