Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare with... Complete Works of W. Shakespeare - Page viiiby William Shakespeare - 1864 - 715 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - English drama (Comedy) - 1872 - 480 pages
...of Warwickshire, he winds up his account of the Poet thus : " Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson ; which two I behold like a Spanish...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." The Poet kept up his interest in the affairs of the company, and spent more or less of his time in... | |
| Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 334 pages
...is a thing as notorious as their fame. Fuller says, ' Many were the witcombates betwixt (Shakspeare) and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish...in learning : solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English manof-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all... | |
| Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 332 pages
...is a thing as notorious as their fame. Fuller says, ' Many were the witcombates betwixt (Shakspeare) and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish...in learning : solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English manof-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1835 - 744 pages
...stopped." We have no doubt of it. Many," says Fuller, " were the wit combats between him (Shakspeare) and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish...in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, like an English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, would turn with all... | |
| 1835 - 430 pages
...Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but alow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Nor shall thou, their compeer, be quickly forgotten, Allen, with a cordial smile, and still more cordial... | |
| Charles Armitage Brown - Autobiography in literature - 1838 - 326 pages
...Raleigh, at the " Mermaid," in Friday-street ! Fuller tells us, " Many were the wit-combates betwixt Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like...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... | |
| Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pages
...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...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Nor shall thou, their compeer, be quickly forgotten, Allen, with a cordial smile, and still more cordial... | |
| Thomas Fuller - England - 1840 - 614 pages
...earth, so Nature itself was all the art which was used upon him. Many were the wfct-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson ; which two I behold like a Spanish...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention. He died anno Dommi 1616,* and was buried at Stratfordupon-Avon, the town of his nativity. MICHAEL DRAYTON,... | |
| Thomas Fuller - England - 1840 - 616 pages
...earth, so Nature itself was all the art which was used upon him. Many were the wet-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson ; which two I behold like a Spanish...built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow, in his perform ances. Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could... | |
| Charles Knight - London (England) - 1841 - 478 pages
...between Shakspere and Ben Jonson, described by Fuller : — " Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson ; which two I behold like a Spanish...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... | |
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