 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...  The Works of William Shakespeare - Seite viiivon William Shakespeare - 1874Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 Seiten
...DRAMATISTS OF SHAKSPERE'S SECOND PERIOD. " MANY were the wit-combats betwixt him and BEN JONSON ; which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English...and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of hia wit and invention." Such is Thomas Fuller's wellknown description of the convivial intercourse... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1850 - 502 Seiten
...wit-combats between him and Ben Jonson ; which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon GUILDHALL. 73 and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson, like the...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Friday Street, running parallel with Bread Street, is said to have been anciently inhabited almost... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 442 Seiten
...convivial meetings at the Mermaid club, established by Sir Walter Raleigh1 ; and he adds, " whieh two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English...tack about, and take advantage of all winds by the quiekness of his wit and invention3." The simile is well chosen, and it eame from a writer who seldom... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 536 Seiten
...between him and Shakespeare, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war. Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention."i I before observed, that the pleasure we receive from wit is increased, when the two ideas... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 538 Seiten
...between him and Shakespeare, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war. Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention."i I before observed, that the pleasure we receive from wit is increased, when the two ideas... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 762 Seiten
...convivial meetings at the Mermaid club, established by Sir Walter Raleigh ' ; and he adds, " which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 832 Seiten
...Many were the wit-combates betwixt him and Ben Jonson, which two I hehold like a Spanish great gallion and an English man-of-war ; — Master Jonson (like...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 Seiten
...Many were the wit-combates betwixt him and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great gallion . invention."66 We now come to perhaps the most remarkable literary notice of Shakespeare by a contemporary... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1861 - 410 Seiten
...' Many,' says Fuller in his Worthies, ' were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.' This happy illustration could only have been founded on tradition, for Fuller belonged to a later generation;... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 Seiten
...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 great galleon and an English...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention. He died anno Domini 16 . . , and was buried at Stratford upon Avon, the town of his nativity. This... | |
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