 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Dramatists, English - 1848 - 378 pages
...Johnson, whieh two I behold like a Spanish great gallion and an English man-ofwar ; Master Johnson, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in performanees ; Shake-spear, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, eould... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 pages
...Jonson and Shakspere : — " Many were the wit-combats between Shakspere and Ben Jonson. I behold them like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war....Master Jonson, like the former, was built far higher * • Extracts from the Accounts of the Revcli at Court,' by Peter Cunningham. in learning, solid but... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 pages
...Many were the wit-combats between Shakspere and Ben Jonson. I behold them like a Spanish great gnlleon and an English man-of-war. Master Jonson, like the former, was built far higher * • Extracts from the Accounts of the Revels at Court,' by Peter Cunningham. in learning, solid but... | |
 | William Maxwell - Virginia - 1850 - 502 pages
...betwixt him and Ben Jonson; which two I behold like a Spanish great Gallion, and an English Man of War: Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher...in learning ; solid, but slow, in his performances. Shakespeare, with the EnglishMan of War, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...of his reconciliation with the church of England. * ' Many were the wit-combats betwixt Shakftpearo and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an Kngllih man-of-war : Muster Jnnsim, like the former, waa built far higher in learning ; solid, but... | |
 | William Maxwell - Virginia - 1850 - 506 pages
...betwixt him and Ben Jonson; which two I behold like a Spanish great Gal/ion, and an English Man of War : Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow, irl his performances. Shakespeare, with the EnglishMan of War, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - London (England) - 1850 - 502 pages
..." wit-combats" between Shakspeare and Jonson, observes, — " Many were the wit-combats between him and Ben Jonson ; which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon GUILDHALL. 73 and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson, like the former, was built far higher in learning... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 408 pages
...Shakspeare and Ben Jonson. I remember them like a Spanish great galleon, and, an English man of war. Master Jonson, like the former, was built far higher...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... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - American literature - 1851 - 518 pages
...itself was all the art which was used upon him. ' Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonion, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war. Master Jonson (like the farmer) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shaksptare, with an... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Essays - 1851 - 396 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... | |
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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... 
