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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... "
Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems - Sivu 227
tekijä(t) William Shakespeare - 1858
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The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist

1837 - 588 sivua
...far higher in learning — solid, hut slow in his performances : Shakspeare, like the latter, less in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Who that now sips his Claret at Crockford's would not prefer to have dropt in at the Mermaid...

The Life of Shakespeare: Enquiries Into the Originality of His ..., Nide 1

Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 402 sivua
...was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances ; Shakspeare, like the latter, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." This farfetched simile of the quaint biographer is no very happy illustration of conversational...

The life of Shakspeare; enquiries into the originality of his dramatic plots ...

Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 sivua
...was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances ; Shakspeare, like the latter, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." This farfetched simile of the quaint biographer is no very happy illustration of conversational...

Poetry and Poets: A Collection of the Choicest Anecdotes Relative to ..., Nide 3

Richard Ryan - 1826 - 334 sivua
...notorious as their fame. Fuller says, ' Many were the witcombates betwixt (Shakspeare) 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 manof-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...

Poetry and Poets: A Collection of the Choicest Anecdotes Relative to ..., Nide 3

Richard Ryan - 1826 - 336 sivua
...notorious as their fame. Fuller says, ' Many were the witcombates betwixt (Shakspeare) 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 manof-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...

The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben ..., Nide 11

1826 - 372 sivua
...built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances; Shakespeare, like the latter, less in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." With what delight should we have hung over any well authenticated instances of these "...

The Works of Dugald Stewart: Elements of the philosophy of the human mind

Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 474 sivua
...higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...advantage of all 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...

Elements of the philosophy of the human mind

Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 sivua
...higher in learn* ing ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...advantage of all 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...

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Ralegh with Some Account of the Period in ...

Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1830 - 522 sivua
...was 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." Fuller, vol. ii. p. 415. ; Jensen. The result of such communications as these, is frequently...

The Indicator, and the Companion: A Miscellany for the Fields and ..., Nide 1

Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 342 sivua
...far higher in learning: solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...advantage of all 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...




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