 | Thomas Nelson Publishers - 1859 - 166 sivua
...brilliant wits. Referring to Shakespeare he says, " Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson; which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and...was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in performances ; Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could... | |
 | 1860 - 632 sivua
...society. ' Many were the io it-contests betwixt him (Shakspeare) and Ben Jonson, which two I beheld like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-ofwar....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... | |
 | 1860 - 634 sivua
...society. ' Many were the wit-contests betwixt him (Shakspeare) 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. Shakspearo (like the latter) lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, and... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 sivua
...itself was all the art which was used upon him. Many were the wit combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson. Which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention. He died anno Domini 16 . . , and was buried at Stratford upon Avon, the town of his nativity.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1861 - 410 sivua
...stands first. ' Many,' says Fuller in his Worthies, ' were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.' This happy illustration could only have been founded on tradition, for Fuller belonged... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1862 - 964 sivua
...líen Jonson, which two I behold Шее a Spanish great gallion and an English man-of-war ; — MasU-r 0 invention."66 We now come to perhaps the most remarkable literary notice of Shakespeare by a contemporary... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 578 sivua
...itself was all the art which was used upon him. Many were the wit combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson. Which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and...in learning ; solid, but slow, in his performances. Shakenpeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 sivua
...passage by Andrew Fuller, writing in 1662.: "Many were the wit combats between him and Ben Jonson, Which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and...in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all... | |
 | 1862 - 520 sivua
...built far higher in learning ; solid, but slower 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." " Was it the proud full sail of his great verse, Bound for the prize of all too precious... | |
 | 1862 - 486 sivua
...built far higher in learning ; solid, but slower 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." " Was it the proud full sail of his great verse, Bound for the prize of all too precious... | |
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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... 
