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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... "
Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems - Seite 227
von William Shakespeare - 1858
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Band 3

Enos Bronson - 1810 - 456 Seiten
...far higher in learning; solid, but slow in his performance. 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 invention. He died anno Domini 1616, and was buried at Stratford upon Avon, the town of his nativity...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Band 5

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 746 Seiten
...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 invention." The following particulars are transcribed from Oldys' MS. additions to. Langbaine. Oldys,...
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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Band 1

Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 528 Seiten
...higher in learning; solid, but " slow in his performances. Shakespeare, with the English " man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could , •...advantage of all " winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention."* I before observed, that the pleasure we receive from wit is increased, when the two ideas...
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Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Band 1

William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 Seiten
...he winds up his account of the Poet thus : " Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson ; which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." The Poet kept up his interest in the affairs of the company, and spent more or less of...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Band 19

Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 548 Seiten
...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 invention." The following particulars are transcribed from Oldys* MS additions to Langbaine. Oldys,...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Band 2

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 Seiten
...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 invention." " His name," says Lord Clarendon," " can never be forgotten ; having by his very good learning,...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Band 2

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 Seiten
...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 invention." " His name," says Lord Clarendon," " can never be forgotten ; having by his very good learning,...
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The Works of Ben Jonson, Band 1

Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 546 Seiten
...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." Fuller, vol. ii. p. 415. These " wit-combates" then (on which Mr. Malone founds a charge...
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The Indicator, Band 1

Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 Seiten
...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 invention." This is a happy simile, with the exception of what is insinuated about Jonson's greater...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and ..., Band 1

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 676 Seiten
...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.' Fuller, vol. ii. p. 415. " These ' wit-combates ' then (on which Mr. Malone founds a charge...
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