 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
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 666 páginas
...(like the former) was built far higher in learning, solid but slow in his performances ; Shakespeare with the English man-ofwar, lesser in bulk, but lighter...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,... | |
 | Cornelius Webbe - 1857 - 232 páginas
...far higher in learning — solid, but slow in his performances : Shakspeare, like the latter, less in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...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,... | |
 | William Henry Smith - 1857 - 188 páginas
...built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare— like the latter, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing — could turn...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 Henry Smith - 1857 - 190 páginas
...slow in his performances. Shakespeare — like the latter, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailingcould turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage...all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention/ " We pointed out to the editor, that Fuller was only eight years old when Shakespeare died, and therefore... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 832 páginas
...(like the former) was built far higher in learning, solid but slow in his performances ; Shake-speare with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention."66 We now come to perhaps the most remarkable literary notice of Shakespeare by a contemporary... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 830 páginas
...(like the former) was built far higher in learning, solid but slow in his performances ; Shake-speare 8 invention."66 We now come to perhaps the most remarkable literary notice of Shakespeare by a contemporary... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 762 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...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 páginas
...like the former, was built br higher Bl learning ; solid, but slow In his performances. Shakspeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser In bulk, but lighter...with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of an wlaJm, by UK quickness of bis wit and Invention."— fuUer'i IfortUa. Trust him not : Ms word?,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1859 - 508 páginas
...like the former, was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...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 which... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 554 páginas
...(like the former) was built far higher in learning : solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...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... | |
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