 | David Masson - 1856 - 494 σελίδες
...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 an English man-of-war. Master Jonson, like the former, was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in performance.... | |
 | David Masson - 1856 - 528 σελίδες
...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 an English man-of-war. Master Jonson, like the former, was built far higher in learning ; solid, bnt slow in performance.... | |
 | James Phinney Baxter - 1915 - 790 σελίδες
...Gallion, and an English 1 Severn, Diary of Rev. John Ward. London, 1839. 44 man-of-War, Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in Learning; Solid but slow of performances.1 Fuller long held a high seat in the Stratford biographical arena, but what he wrote... | |
 | William Maxwell - 1850 - 508 σελίδες
...Ben Jonson; which two I behold like a Spanish great Gallion, and an English Man of War: Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow, in his performances. Shakespeare, with the Englishman of War, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all... | |
 | Samuel Schoenbaum - 1987 - 420 σελίδες
...for his History of the Worthies of England: Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Johnson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-ofwar; Master Johnson (like the former) was built far higher in learning; solid, but slow in his... | |
 | James Shapiro - 1991 - 234 σελίδες
...Thomas Fuller's famous account of the Wit Combats between Shakespeare and Jonson: JONSON AND SHAKESPEARE 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,... | |
 | Abraham Moses Klein - 1994 - 304 σελίδες
...(Jonson and Shakespeare) 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, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk but lighter in sailing, could turn with all... | |
 | George Eliot - 1996 - 576 σελίδες
...Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon & an English man of war: Master Jonson (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 in sailing, could turn with all... | |
 | R. B. Parker, Sheldon P. Zitner - 1996 - 340 σελίδες
...Johnson, which two I behold like a Spanish great Gallion, and an English man o' War; Master Johnson (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 in sailing, could turn with all... | |
 | Steven Earnshaw - 2000 - 308 σελίδες
...Ben Jonson, 'which two 1 behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-ofwar; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning; solid, but slow, in his performances. Shakspere, like the English man-ofwar, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all... | |
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CVL , with 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. 
