 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 - 1829 - 474 pages
...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 - Explorers - 1830 - 522 pages
...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 pages
...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,... | |
 | John Evans - Life - 1831 - 322 pages
...built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. SHAKSPEARE, the English Man of War, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with ALL, TIDES, and take advantage of ALL WINDS, by the --ickness of his wit and invention !" FULLER. BRIEF MEMOIR... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 342 pages
...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... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1834 - 344 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,"... | |
 | John Evans - Life - 1834 - 306 pages
...far higher in learning; solid, but slow in his performances. SHAKSPEABE, with the 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!" FILLER. BRIEF MEMOIR Peerless... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English essays - 1835 - 350 pages
...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... | |
 | English literature - 1835 - 432 pages
...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... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli, Jsaac D'Jsraeli - English literature - 1835 - 524 pages
...Sliaksptare, with an English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn wit/i all tides, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.1 Had these • Wit-combats,' between Shakspeare and Jonson, which Fuller notices, been chronicled... | |
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