 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 ... - Page 35by Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 476 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Dugald Stewart - Human information processing - 1822 - 572 pages
...in learning ; solid, but " slow in his performances. Shakspc are, with the English man of war, '• lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack " about and lake advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit " and invention."* I before observed, that... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - Dramatists, English - 1824 - 402 pages
...was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances ; Shakspeare, like the latter, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." This farfetched simile of the quaint biographer is no very happy illustration of conversational powers... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances ; Shakspeare, like the latter, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." This farfetched simile of the quaint biographer is no very happy illustration of conversational powers... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 216 pages
...was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances ; Shakspeare. like the latter, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides. V) Rowe, Strat. Regist. 2) Strat. Regist. 2) Strat. Regist. The verses are not now remaiuiug on the... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Literature - 1824 - 536 pages
...far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with an English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention. •> Had these "Wit-combats,"... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 372 pages
...built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances; Shakespeare, like the latter, less in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." With what delight should we have hung over any well authenticated instances of these " wit-combats... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 334 pages
...(like the former) was built far higher in learning : solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English manof-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take * Published after Lord Bacon's degradation, and when he was almost universally deserted : an honourable... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 338 pages
...(like the former) was built far higher in learning : solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English manof-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take • Published after Lord Bacon's degradation, and when he was almost universally deserted : an honourable... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 332 pages
...honourable memorial of the fallen greatness of the one, and of the independence of the other.— EDITOR. advantage of 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 great solidity. But... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 pages
...higher in learn* ing ; 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... | |
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