 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...  Curiosities of Literature - Strana 139autor/autoři: Isaac Disraeli - 1807Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | William Shakespeare - 1855 - 1088 str.
...man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with oil tides, tack about, and lake and then I lov'd thee, And show'd thee all the qualities o' th' is Fuller has another simile, on the same page, respecting Shakespeare nnd his acquirements, which ia... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1855 - 280 str.
...lesser in bulk, lighter in sailing,' and capable of ' turning with all sides, tacking about and taking advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.' These ' wit-combats' are supposed to have passed at the convivial meetings of a club established by... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1856 - 408 str.
...English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take 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 more... | |
 | David Masson - 1856 - 528 str.
...English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention."— Written about 1650, by Thomas Fuller, born in 1608. Aubrey's Sketch of Shakespeare at second hand.... | |
 | William Howitt - 1856 - 596 str.
...English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take 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... | |
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 str.
...the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take 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, let... | |
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 140 str.
...the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take 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, let... | |
 | Cornelius Webbe - 1857 - 232 str.
...Shakspeare, like the latter, less in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of 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,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1857 - 522 str.
...lesser in bulk, but lighter in tailing, could turn with all tide», and take advantage of all wind», by the quickness of his wit and invention.' Had these ' Wit-combats,' between Shakspeare and lonson, which Fuller notices, been chronicled by some faithful Boswtll of the age, our literary history... | |
 | William Henry Smith - 1857 - 190 str.
...Shakespeare — like the latter, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailingcould turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention/ " We pointed out to the editor, that Fuller was only eight years old when Shakespeare died, and therefore... | |
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