| Charles Lamb - 1840 - 304 str.
...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 turn...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Nor shalt thou, their compeer, be quickly forgotten, Allen, with the cordial smile, and... | |
| Charles Knight - 1841 - 478 str.
...and Ben Jonson, described by Fuller : — " 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." When Fuller says " I behold," he meant with his " mind's eye ;" for he was only eight years... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1841 - 378 str.
...notorious as their fame. Fuller says : " Aiany were the wit-combates 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 man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all... | |
| Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 str.
...Falcon Tavern.] CHAPTER VI. WIT-COM B ATS. " 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." Such is Thomas Fuller's well-known description of the convivial intercourse of Shakspere... | |
| Francis Beaumont - 1843 - 114 str.
...far higher in Learning, Solid, but Slow in his performances. Shakespear, 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." Fuller's Worthies ( Warwick.), p. 126, ed. 1 662. For three days past ; wit that might... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1843 - 970 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...advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit ami invention." § With what delight should we have hung over any well authenticated instances of these... | |
| William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1844 - 612 str.
...subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant tu put hia whole wit in a jest." " which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and...advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention5." The simile is well chosen, and it came from a writer who seldom said anything ill6. Connected... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1844 - 598 str.
...subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." " which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and...advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention5." The simile is well chosen, and it came from a writer who seldom said anything ill0. Connected... | |
| William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1844 - 600 str.
...behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war : Master Jonson, like the for- \ mer, was built far higher in learning; solid, but slow...advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention5." The simile is well chosen, and it came from a writer who seldom said anything ill0. Connected... | |
| George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1844 - 530 str.
...notorious as their fame. Fuller says : " Many were the wit-combates 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 man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with nil... | |
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