 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 536 sivua
...between him and Shakespeare, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war. Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention."i I before observed, that the pleasure we receive from wit is increased, when the two ideas... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 538 sivua
...between him and Shakespeare, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war. Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention."i I before observed, that the pleasure we receive from wit is increased, when the two ideas... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1855 - 798 sivua
...Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. C. V. L,, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Nor shalt thou, their compeer, be quickly forgotten, Allen, with a cordial smile, and still... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1855 - 1088 sivua
...behold like a Spani;>h great galleon and an English man-of-war : Master Jonson, like the former, wns Prog. nantV j'ic ' re"dy '• »pproheneive.— *...enchantment your presence worked in my affections. oil tides, tack about, and lake advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention."... | |
 | William Howitt - 1856 - 596 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... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1856 - 408 sivua
...Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. C. V, L,, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." . Nor shalt thou, their compeer, be quickly forgotten, Allen, with a cordial smile, and... | |
 | David Masson - 1856 - 494 sivua
...and Ben Jonson at the Mermaid Tavern. — " Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson ; which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and...built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in performance. Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could... | |
 | David Masson - 1856 - 528 sivua
...Sen Jonion - at . (he Mermaid Tavern. — " Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson ; which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and...former, was built far higher in learning ; solid, bnt slow in performance. Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 668 sivua
..." were the wit-combates betwixt him and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great gallion and an English man-of-war : Master Jonson (like the...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, how... | |
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 sivua
...like the former, was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances ; Shake-spear, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Having established the fact of their firm friendship, cordial intimacy, and constant intercourse,... | |
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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... 
