 I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could...  Works of Charles Lamb: Edited and Dramatic Tales, Essays and Critisms - Sivu 346tekijä(t) Charles Lamb - 1876 - 704 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 666 sivua
...(like the former) was built far higher in learning, solid but slow in his performances ; Shakespeare with the English man-ofwar, lesser in bulk, but lighter...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention."16 '• Worthies, p. 126, A aa, ed. fol. — After reading the above passage of Fuller,... | |
 | William Henry Smith - 1857 - 188 sivua
...built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare— like the latter, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing — could turn...advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention.5 " We pointed out to the editor, that Fuller was only eight years old when Shakespeare died,... | |
 | Cornelius Webbe - 1857 - 232 sivua
...far higher in learning — solid, but slow in his performances : Shakspeare, like the latter, less in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Who that now sips his claret at White's would not prefer to have dropped in at the Mermaid in Cornhill,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 832 sivua
...(like the former) was built far higher in learning, solid but slow in his performances ; Shake-speare with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention."66 We now come to perhaps the most remarkable literary notice of Shakespeare by a contemporary... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 762 sivua
...like the former, was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances : Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention1." The simile is well chosen, and it came from a writer who seldom said anything ill'. Connected... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 830 sivua
...(like the former) was built far higher in learning, solid but slow in his performances ; Shake-speare 8 invention."66 We now come to perhaps the most remarkable literary notice of Shakespeare by a contemporary... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Publishers - 1859 - 166 sivua
...Jonson, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in performances ; Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." As Fuller was later than this time, he could not speak from his own observation, but we have every... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1859 - 508 sivua
...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...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." I before observed, that the pleasure we receive from wit is increased, when the two ideas between which... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 554 sivua
...(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...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." This is a happy simile, with the exception of what is insinuated about Jonson's greater solidity. But... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1859 - 396 sivua
...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...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and his invention." Enough has been said of this celebrated club by a variety of writers. There can be... | |
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