...Shakespeare, meanwhile, is a nimble English warship, 'lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, [which] could mm with all tides, tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.' The earliest, and most likely to be authentic, of these anecdotes...

...frigate, lesser in bulk, could out-manoeuvre him in any exchange, being lighter in sailing, and able to turn with all tides, tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention. Needless to say, this pleased Mr Jonson no more than the fact that...

...his performances. Shake-spear, 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.17 Fuller (born 1608) could just have witnessed a wit-combat but,...

...in his performances. Shakspere, like the English man-ofwar, 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.'' Minor examples elsewhere in Shakespeare illustrate the heightened...

...Charles the wrestler and wins Rosalind's heart in Francis Hayman's drawing engraved for Hanmer's edition. with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention.25 At around the same time Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle...

...built far higher in learning, solid but slow." Shakespeare, "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." Jonson's triumphs depend on emotion, however, Shakespeare's on...