 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
 | William Shakespeare - 1862 - 964 Seiten
...líen Jonson, which two I behold Шее a Spanish great gallion and an English man-of-war ; — MasU-r 0 invention."66 We now come to perhaps the most remarkable literary notice of Shakespeare by a contemporary... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1864 - 752 Seiten
...wit-combats " at the jovial meetings there, and says of Shakespeare and Ben Jonson :— " Which two Ben Jonson's testimony is even still more fervent ; and though not more graphic, is yet more personally... | |
 | Robert E. Hunter - 1864 - 296 Seiten
...succeeding generation : — " Many were the wit combats between him (Shakespeare) and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English...winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." But neither the profits nor pleasures of the theatre, "the feast of reason," nor "the flow of soul"... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1867 - 702 Seiten
...says the latter, 'betwixt Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, which two I behold (in my mind's eye, Horatio 1) like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-ofwar:...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.' Beaumont is more rapturous a describer, as becomes one who had personally assisted at the intellectual... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 578 Seiten
...DRAMATISTS OF SHAKSPERE'S SECOND PERIOD. "Mx»Y 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." Such is Thomas Fuller's wellknown description of the convivial intercourse of Shakspere and Jouson,... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1872 - 488 Seiten
...up his account of the Poet thus : " 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." The Poet kept up his interest in the affairs of the company, and spent more or less of his time in... | |
 | David Mather Masson - 1874 - 390 Seiten
...Jonson at the Mermaid Tavern. — " 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." — Written, about 1650, by Thomas Fuller, born in 1608. Aubrey's Sketch of Shakespeare at second hand.... | |
 | David Masson - 1874 - 404 Seiten
...Jonson at the Mermaid Tavern. — " 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." — Written, about 1650, by Thomas Fuller, born in 1608. Aubrey's Sketch of Shakespeare at second hand.... | |
 | David Masson - 1874 - 400 Seiten
...Ben Jonson at the Mermaid Tavern.—" Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson; which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention."—Written, about 1650, by Thomas Fuller, born in 1608. Aubrey's Sketch of Shakespeare at... | |
 | 1874 - 416 Seiten
...and Shakspeare. "The two were like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Johnson, like the former, was built far higher in learning;...winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." Johnson expressed his weight of character in his extensive book learning ; Shakspeare, in his quick... | |
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