 | 1845 - 410 стор.
...but slow in his performances. Shakspere, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk but lighter hi sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." When Fuller says " I behold," he meant with his " mind's eye ;" for he was only eight years of age... | |
 | Cornelius Webbe - 1845 - 398 стор.
...performances;' Shakspere, ' like an English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, that could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention'?—Who that now muddles away his mornings at White's would not rather have dropped in at... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 736 стор.
...like the former, was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances: Shakespeare, th saint Nicholas' clerks, I'll give thee this neck....for, I know, thou worship's! saint Nicholas as tr invention."2 The simile is well chosen, and it came from a writer who seldom said any thing ill.* Connected... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 стор.
...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 стор.
...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...winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." We may here remark that the friendship, which had begun before, thus cemented with Jonson, to one of... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 стор.
...(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...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Such is Thomas Fuller's wellknown deseription of the convivial intercourse of Shakspere and Jonson,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 стор.
...(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 - 1849 - 708 стор.
...his performance*. Shakspcare, with the English man-of war. lesser in bulk, but lighter in gulling, invention.1 — t'ulltr't H'orthia. llcsidesthe Mermaid. Joneon waa a great f requcnter of a club called... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1850 - 490 стор.
...Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. C. VL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...quickness of his wit and invention." Nor shall thou, their compaer, be quickly forgotten, Allen, with a cordial smile, and still more cordial laugh, with which... | |
 | William Maxwell - 1850 - 502 стор.
...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... | |
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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... 
