 | William Shakespeare - 1858
...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 - 40 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 - 762 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
...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... | |
 | Alan Palmer - 2002 - 363 Seiten
...learning, solid, but slow in his performance"; Shakespeare was 'the English man-of-war, lesser in hulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention'. Though it is not strictly history, Earle's Microcosmographie may... | |
 | James S. Shapiro, Professor James Shapiro - 1991 - 203 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 - 260 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... | |
 | Samuel Schoenbaum, R. B. Parker, Professor of English Trinity College R B Parker, Sheldon P. Zitner - 1996 - 324 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 - 294 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... 
