 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 - Strana 452podľa Charles Knight - 1868 - Počet stránok 560Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Barry Cornwall - 1853 - Počet stránok 288
...higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspere, like an Englishman of war, lesser in bulk but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...winds, by the quickness of his •wit and invention.' Jonson (a warm hearted man, as well as a sterling writer) declares, ' I do love the man and honor his... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - Počet stránok 538
...in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare, with the English manof-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention."i I before observed, that the pleasure we receive from wit is increased, when the two ideas... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - Počet stránok 536
...in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare, with the English manof-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention."i I before observed, that the pleasure we receive from wit is increased, when the two ideas... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1854 - Počet stránok 976
...in Learning, Solid, but Slow in hú performance*. Shakespeare, with the English man of war, leeser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could' turn with...and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of hU Wit and Invention." Falbr** WerOnit (Warwick.), p. 126, éd. 1G62. YOL. I. 4 Had mr.irif to put... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1855 - Počet stránok 798
...higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. C. V. L,, 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." Nor shalt thou, their compeer, be quickly forgotten, Allen, with a cordial smile, and still more cordial... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1856 - Počet stránok 408
...higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. C. V, L,, 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." . Nor shalt thou, their compeer, be quickly forgotten, Allen, with a cordial smile, and still more... | |
 | David Masson - 1856 - Počet stránok 494
...higher in learning ; solid, but slow in performance. 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." — Written about 1650, by Thomas Fuller, born in 1608. Aubrey's Sketch of Shakespeare at second hand.... | |
 | David Masson - 1856 - Počet stránok 528
...higher in learning ; solid, bnt slow in performance. 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."— Written about 1650, by Thomas Fuller, born in 1608. Aubrey's Sketch of Shakespeare at second hand.... | |
 | William Howitt - 1856 - Počet stránok 596
...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... | |
 | Cornelius Webbe - 1857 - Počet stránok 232
...tho former, was built far higher in learning — solid, but slow in his performances : Shakspeare, like the latter, less in bulk, but lighter in sailing,...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Who that now sips his claret at White's would not prefer to have dropped in at the Mermaid in Cornhill,... | |
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