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... Blackwood's Magazine - 679. lappuse1925Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
| Cornelius Webbe - 1845 - 398 lapas
...performances;' Shakspere, ' like an English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, that could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention'?Who that now muddles away his mornings at White's would not rather have dropped in at... | |
| People - 1845 - 346 lapas
...Shakspeare like the latter 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." Of Ben himself, Fuller, in another place, says, " His parts were not so able to run themselves as to... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1846 - 752 lapas
...in his performances ; Shakspeare, 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." Fuller speaks further of Ben, as a man whose parts " were not so ready to run of themselves as able... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1847 - 736 lapas
...his performances: Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, one of it : I pr'ythee, keep thnt for the hangman...for, I know, thou worship's! saint Nicholas as tr invention."2 The simile is well chosen, and it came from a writer who seldom said any thing ill.* Connected... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 lapas
...his performance*. Shukspeure, with the English mon-of war, lesser In bulk, but lighter in sailing, ! hU wit and invention.' rulkr'i Worlhin. Besides the Mermaid, Jonson was a great frequenter of a... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1848 - 456 lapas
...but slow in his performances ; Shakspeare, like the latter, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage...winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." We may here remark that the friendship, which had begun before, thus cemented with Jonson, to one of... | |
| Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 lapas
...solid but slow in his performances ; Shakspere, like the latter, less in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage...winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." Few would imagine that a passage such as this should have been produced to prove that there was a quarrel... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 lapas
...his performance*. Shakspcare, with the English man-of war. lesser in bulk, but lighter in gulling, invention.1 t'ulltr't H'orthia. llcsidesthe Mermaid. Joneon waa a great f requcnter of a club called... | |
| Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 lapas
...his performances. Shakespeare, 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 hia wit and invention." Such is Thomas Fuller's wellknown description of the convivial intercourse... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1850 - 502 lapas
...his performances. Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Friday Street, running parallel with Bread Street, is said to have been anciently inhabited almost... | |
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