 | 1845 - 410 pages
...Jonson, described by Fuller:— " Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson ; which two 1 behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English...in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspere, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk but lighter hi sailing, could turn with all... | |
 | Great Britain - 1845 - 570 pages
...Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson ; which two 1 behold like a Spanish great gallean and an English man-of-war: Master Jonson (like the...in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspere, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk but lighter in sailing, could turn with all... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1845 - 398 pages
...were the " wit combats" (to dally awhile with the words of old Fuller) between him and CV Le G . " which two 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... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - American literature - 1846 - 530 pages
...so Nature itself was all the art which was used upon him. .' Many were the wit-combat* bctwiit him and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an Enelith rmin-o/-irar. Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; ttoKd, but... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1846 - 752 pages
...compares Shakspeare to an English man-of-war, and Jonson to a Spanish great galleon. " Master Jonson was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances ; Shakspeare, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, and take advantage of all winds,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1846 - 550 pages
...compares Shakspeare to an English man-of-war, and Jonson to a Spanish great galleon. " Master Jonson was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances ; Shakspeare, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, and take advantage of all winds,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 736 pages
...at the convivial meetings at the Mermaid club, established by Sir Walter Raleigh ;* and he adds, " O 2+_ 0 n3+ ́ U ` 8!_ yZ ] Xʖs6@ g $ \ I \7 ...butter : they will away presently. Gads. Sirrah, if th Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1847 - 666 pages
...between him and Shakspeare, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man of war. Jonson, like the former, was built far higher in learning;...in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...his reconciliation with the church of England. * ' Many were the wit-combats betwixt Shakspean and Bn : Muster Jonson, like the former, wal built fur higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performance*.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1848 - 456 pages
...wit-combats :" " Many were the witcombats," says he, " between Shakspeare and Ben Jonson. I beheld them like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war....learning, solid but slow in his performances ; Shakspeare, like the latter, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and... | |
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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 his performances. Shakespeare... 
