 | Francis Beaumont - 1854 - 976 σελίδες
...in Learning, Solid, but Slow in hú performance*. Shakespeare, with the English man of war, leeser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could' turn with...and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of hU Wit and Invention." Falbr** WerOnit (Warwick.), p. 126, éd. 1G62. YOL. I. 4 Had mr.irif to put... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1855 - 798 σελίδες
...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...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 cordial... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1855 - 1088 σελίδες
...like the former, wns built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances : Shakespeare, here," io, tho 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 Maxwell - 1850 - 510 σελίδες
...higher in learning ; solid, but slow, in his performances. Shakespeare, with the Englishman of War, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quick ness of his Wit and Invention." But in spite of these odious comparisons of cotemporary critics... | |
 | 1885 - 1098 σελίδες
...Shakespeare to an English man-of-war, " lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, tacking about, and taking advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." It is just this quickness of wit and invention which is the special characteristic of both Benedick... | |
 | Samuel Schoenbaum - 1987 - 420 σελίδες
...$'ir\ ; Ai& o/Kf £fe ^ A '^JKi' ^' 34. L'Estrange's anecdote of Shakespeare and Jonson, 1629-55. lish man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing,...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention. He died Anno Domini 16... and was buried at Stratford upon Avon, the town of his nativity.13 'Which... | |
 | Charles Martindale - 1990 - 340 σελίδες
...Spanish great galleon... was built far higher in learning', and Shakespeare like an English man of war 'could turn with all tides, tack about and take advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention'.7 It may be unfair to Jonson, but it is an admirable description of the difference between... | |
 | James Shapiro - 1991 - 234 σελίδες
...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. [H&S 11:510] Herford and the Simpsons are sufficiently drawn to the account to place some credence... | |
 | Abraham Moses Klein - 1994 - 304 σελίδες
...(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...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention. - Fuller's Worthies It is inconceivable, finally, that Untermeyer proofread his galleys: 'Clearest... | |
 | R. B. Parker, Sheldon P. Zitner - 1996 - 340 σελίδες
...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...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his Wit and Invention.9 Fuller presents these celebrated wit-combats as a replay of the Spanish Armada, in which... | |
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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... 
