 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...  The Works of Charles Lamb: To which are Prefixed His Letters and a Sketch of ... - Página 33por Charles Lamb, Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1851Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 474 páginas
...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...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 between... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1830 - 522 páginas
...was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare, like the latter, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." Fuller, vol. ii. p. 415. ; Jensen. The result of such communications as these, is frequently a close... | |
 | 1831 - 460 páginas
...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 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1835 - 350 páginas
...far higher in learning: solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with theEnglish man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...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 páginas
...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... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1836 - 362 páginas
...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 turn...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 cordial... | |
 | Charles Armitage Brown - 1838 - 328 páginas
...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." Mr. Leigh Hunt, after quoting this passage in the Indicator, adds, — " This is a happy simile, with... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 páginas
...former, was built far higher in learning, solic bet slow in his performances. Shakspeare, like tie Utter, are Of these encounters of the keenest intellects not a vestige now remains. The memory ol Fuller, perhaps,... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - 1840 - 614 páginas
...(.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. He died anno Domini 1616,* and was buried at Stratfordupon-Avon, the town of his nativity. MICHAEL... | |
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