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... Essays and Tales in Prose - Strana 15autor/autoři: Barry Cornwall - 1853Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
| Isaac Disraeli - 1807 - 606 str.
...Shakspeare, with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." . Had these " Wit-combats," between Shakspeare and Jonson, which Fuller notices, been chronicled by... | |
| Liber - 1809 - 372 str.
...Shakespear, with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Curiosities of Literature, v. C. THE whimsical questions of queen Caroline to Dr. Clarke, have been... | |
| Enos Bronson - 1810 - 456 str.
...the former) was built far higher in learning; solid, but slow in his performance. Shakspeare with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention. He died anno Domini 1616, and was buried at Stratford upon Avon, the town of his nativity — Fuller.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 728 str.
...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 in...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." The following particulars are transcribed from Oldys' MS. additions to Langbaine. Oldyg, like Spence,... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 528 str.
...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...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... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 548 str.
...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 in...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." The following particulars are transcribed from Oldys* MS additions to Langbaine. Oldys, like Spence,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 str.
...higher in learning ; solid, but slow, in his performances : Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." The Poet kept up his interest in the affairs of the company, and spent more or less of his time in... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 str.
...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 in...winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." " His name," says Lord Clarendon," " can never be forgotten ; having by his very good learning, and... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 str.
...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 in...winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." " His name," says Lord Clarendon," " can never be forgotten ; having by his very good learning, and... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 546 str.
...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...winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." Fuller, vol. ii. p. 415. These " wit-combates" then (on which Mr. Malone founds a charge of hostility,)... | |
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