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... Studies of Shakspere - Page 452by Charles Knight - 1868 - 560 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 pages
...in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances ; Shake-spear, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Having established the fact of their firm friendship, cordial intimacy, and constant intercourse, let... | |
| William Henry Smith - Catholics - 1857 - 188 pages
...far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare— like the latter, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing — could turn with...advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention.5 " We pointed out to the editor, that Fuller was only eight years old when Shakespeare died,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1857 - 666 pages
...higher in learning, solid but slow in his performances ; Shakespeare with the English man-ofwar, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention."16 '• Worthies, p. 126, A aa, ed. fol. — After reading the above passage of Fuller,... | |
| William Shakespeare - Registers of births, etc - 1858 - 836 pages
...in learning, solid but slow in his performances ; Shake-speare with the English man-of-war, lesser O, KATHARINA, HORTENSIO, and Wridow. TRANIO, BIONDELLO, GRTJMIO, and others, attending. Luc. invention."86 We now come to perhaps the most remarkable literary notice of Shakespeare by a contemporary... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1858 - 762 pages
...in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances : Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention1." The simile is well chosen, and it came from a writer who seldom said anything ill'. Connected... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1858 - 830 pages
...in learning, solid but slow in his performances ; Shake-speare with the English man-of-war, lesser f #i0 invention."66 We now come to perhaps the most remarkable literary notice of Shakespeare by a contemporary... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 554 pages
...in 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...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... | |
| Thomas Nelson Publishers - Stratford-upon-Avon (England) - 1859 - 166 pages
...higher in learning, solid, but slow in performances ; Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." As Fuller was later than this time, he could not speak from his own observation, but we have every... | |
| Mrs. S. C. Hall - Dwellings - 1859 - 396 pages
...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 with all...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and his invention." Enough has been said of this celebrated club by a variety of writers. There can be... | |
| George Lillie Craik - English language - 1861 - 580 pages
...in learning ; solid, but slow, in his performances. Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention. He died anno Domini 16 . . , and was buried at Stratford upon Avon, the town of his nativity. This... | |
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