 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...  History of English literature, tr. by H. van Laun - Page 268by Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871Full view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performance*. Shukspeure, with the English mon-of war, hU wit and invention.'— rulkr'i Worlhin. Besides the Mermaid, Jonson was a great frequenter of a... | |
 | 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...advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." We may here remark that the friendship, which had begun before, thus cemented with Jonson,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 pages
...(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...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Such is Thomas Fuller's wellknown deseription of the convivial intercourse of Shakspere... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 pages
...(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...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...his performance*. Shakspcare, with the English man-of war. lesser in bulk, but lighter in gulling, — t'ulltr't H'orthia. llcsidesthe Mermaid. Joneon waa a great f requcnter of a club called the Apollo,... | |
 | William Maxwell - Virginia - 1850 - 502 pages
...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... | |
 | William Maxwell - Virginia - 1850 - 506 pages
...higher in learning ; solid, but slow, irl 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 408 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...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Of these encounters of the keenest intellects not a vestige now remains. The memory of... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Essays - 1851 - 396 pages
...built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. C. VL, 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 shall thou, their compeer, be quickly forgotten, Allen, with the cordial smile, and... | |
 | George Markham Tweddell - 1852 - 232 pages
...solid, but slow in his performanee. Shakspere, like an English man of- war, lesser in bulk, but higher in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Frauds Meres, MA, now publishes his "noted schoolbook." called " Wit's Treasury," which... | |
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