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" 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... "
Poetry and Poets: A Collection of the Choicest Anecdotes Relative to the ... - Page 110
by Richard Ryan - 1826 - 305 pages
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William Shakspere: A Biography, Book 2

Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...[Richard Burbage.] [The Falcon Tavern.] CHAPTER VI. WIT-COM B ATS. " MANY were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson ; which two I behold like a Spanish...in learning ; solid, but slow, in his performances. Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...
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Shakespeare [sic] and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet ...

Nathan Drake - English literature - 1843 - 970 pages
...between Shakspeare and Ben Jonson. I behold them like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man of war. it like the latter, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and...
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Shakspeare and his times

Nathan Drake - 1843 - 690 pages
...Shakspeare and Ben Jonson. I behold them like i Spanish great galleon, and an English man of Avar. Master Jonson, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid but slow in his performances; Sb.ilsjware, like the latter, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with ill tides, tack...
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The works of Beaumont & Fletcher, with notes and a memoir by A. Dyce, Volume 10

Francis Beaumont - 1843 - 114 pages
...Johnson, which two I behold like a Spanish great Gallion and an English man of war. Master Johnson (like the former) was built far higher in Learning, Solid, but Slow in his performances. Shakespear, with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...
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The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pages
...иои fit, sed nascitur : one is not made but born a poet.' Many were the wit combats betwixt bim and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English mar. of war. Matter Jonaun, like the former, was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in...
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The Works of William Shakspeare: The Text Formed from an Intirely ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 598 pages
...subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest." " which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and...in learning; solid, but slow in his performances: Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: The Text Formed from an Entirely ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1844 - 612 pages
...subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant tu put hia whole wit in a jest." " which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and...higher in learning; solid, but slow in his performances : Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: The Text Formed from an Entirely ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1844 - 600 pages
...Street, seems to have been another tavern where the wits and poets of the day hilariously assembled. " which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war : Master Jonson, like the for- \ mer, was built far higher in learning; solid, but slow in his performances : Shakespeare, with...
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Sketches of the History of Literature and Learning in England: With ...

George Lillie Craik - English language - 1845 - 466 pages
...earth , so nature itself was all the art which was used upon him. Many were the wit combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson. Which two I behold like a Spanish...in learning ; solid, but slow, in his performances. Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...
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Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies, Volumes 4-6

1845 - 410 pages
...Jonson, described by Fuller:— " Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson ; which two 1 behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English...in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspere, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk but lighter hi sailing, could turn with all...
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