 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...  Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind - Page 261by Dugald Stewart - 1813 - 509 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - 478 pages
...his performances. Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." When Fuller says " I behold," he meant with his " mind's eye ;"... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1843 - 116 pages
...his performances. Shakespear, with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his Wit and Invention." Fuller's Worthies ( Warwick.), p. 126, ed. 1 662. For three days... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...his performances. Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Such is Thomas Fuller's well-known description of the convivial... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1843 - 970 pages
...but slow in his performances; Shakspeare, like the latter, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, wl, that nightly hoots, and wonders At our quaint spirits: sing me now asleep quickness of his wit ami invention." ý With what delight should we have hung over any well authenticated... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1844 - 600 pages
...his performances : Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention5." The simile is well chosen, and it came from a writer who seldom... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 596 pages
...his performances: Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention5." The simile is well chosen, and it came from a writer who seldom... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 552 pages
...his performances. Shakspeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." This is a happy simile, with the exception of what is insinuated... | |
 | 1845 - 570 pages
...in his performances. Shakspere, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." When Fuller says "I behold," he meant with his " mind's eye ;"... | |
 | Cornelius Webbe - 1845 - 398 pages
...performances;' Shakspere, ' like an English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, that could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention'?—Who that now muddles away his mornings at White's would not... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 520 pages
...his performances. Shakspeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." This is a happy simile, with the exception of what is insinuated... | |
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