 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
 | 1863 - 294 pages
...from tumbling to pieces ; it lias little chance nf harboring unnamable ,863.J jjtyilobtblion. ing, could turn with all Tides, tack about, and take advantage of all Winds, by the quicknefs of his Wir and Invention. His Hiftory of Henry the Fourth is very much commended by fome,... | |
 | 1862 - 486 pages
...but slower in his performances. Shakespeare, like the latter, 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." " Was it the proud full sail of his great verse, Bound for the... | |
 | 1862 - 520 pages
...but slower in his performances. Shakespeare, like the latter, 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." " Was it the proud full sail of his great verse, Bound for the... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 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. He died A,D. 1616, and was buried at Stratford-upon-Avon, the town... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1863 - 566 pages
...far higher in learning, folid but " flow in his performances; Shake" fpeare, like the Englifh man-of" war, lefler in bulk, but lighter in " failing, could...tack about and take advantage of " all winds, by the quicknefs of his " wit and invention." But unfortunately, after all this whetting of the appetite,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1863 - 564 pages
...his performances. Shakenpeare, 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. He <Hed anno Domini 16 . . , and was buried at Stratford upon Avon,... | |
 | J. M. Jephson - 1864 - 286 pages
...built higher in learning, folid but flow in his performances ; Shakefpere, with the Englifh man-of-war, lefler in bulk, but lighter in failing, could turn...tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quicknefs of his wit and invention." Of this wit the fpecimens which have been preferved do not give... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1864 - 752 pages
...his performances : Shakespeare, with the English manof-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, Nimmo"- Sha quickness of his wit and invention." Ben Jonson's testimony is even still more fervent ; and though... | |
 | Robert E. Hunter - 1864 - 296 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." But neither the profits nor pleasures of the theatre, "the feast... | |
 | 1856 - 502 pages
...in performance ; 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." But they and their debates, their triumphs and defeats, are gone,... | |
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