 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...  Dictionary of National Biography - Seite 369herausgegeben von - 1897Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1831 - 460 Seiten
...learning—solid, but slow in bis performances ; Shakspeare, like the latter, less in bulk, but lighter in Bailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." \frho that now sips his Novau at White's, but would prefer to have dropt in at the Mermaid in Cornhill,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 342 Seiten
...learning: solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides,...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 solidity. But... | |
 | John Evans - 1834 - 306 Seiten
...SHAKSPEABE, with the English Man of War, 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!" FILLER. BRIEF MEMOIR Peerless Shakspeare brightly shone With a splendour not his own, While, with eloquence... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1834 - 344 Seiten
...Shakspeare, with an English man of war, 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." Had these " Wit-combats," between Shakspeare and Jonson, which Fuller notices, been chronicled by some... | |
 | 1835 - 430 Seiten
...in learning, solid, but alow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides,...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Nor shall thou, their compeer, be quickly forgotten, Allen, with a cordial smile, and still more cordial... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1835 - 350 Seiten
...learning: solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with theEnglish man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides,...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 solidity. But... | |
 | 1835 - 432 Seiten
...learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in hulk, hut lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack...and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of liis wit and invention." Nor shall thou, their compeer, be quickly forgotten, Allen, with a cordial... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli, Jsaac D'Jsraeli - 1835 - 524 Seiten
...Sliaksptare, with an English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn wit/i all tides, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.1 Had these • Wit-combats,' between Shakspeare and Jonson, which Fuller notices, been chronicled... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1836 - 362 Seiten
...in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides,...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Nor shalt thou, their compeer, be quickly forgotten, Allen, with the cordial smile, and still more... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 Seiten
...higher in learning, solic bet slow in his performances. Shakspeare, like tie Utter, lesser in bulk, these encounters of the keenest intellects not a vestige now remains. The memory ol Fuller, perhaps,... | |
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