 | 1845 - 410 pages
...but slow in his performances. Shakspere, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk but lighter hi sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and...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 of age... | |
 | Cornelius Webbe - 1845 - 398 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances: Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, ll give thee this neck. Cham. No, I'll none of it...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... | |
 | William Howitt - 1847 - 524 pages
...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...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1848 - 456 pages
...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...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 pages
...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." Such is Thomas Fuller's wellknown deseription of the convivial intercourse of Shakspere and Jonson,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...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 Lamb - 1851 - 396 pages
...Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. C. VL, with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Nor shall thou, their compeer, be quickly forgotten, Allen, with the cordial smile, and still more... | |
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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... 
