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" 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. "
Poetry and Poets: A Collection of the Choicest Anecdotes Relative to the ... - Página 112
por Richard Ryan - 1826
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Anglorum Speculum: Or The Worthies of England, in Church and State

Thomas Fuller - 1684 - 738 páginas
...Learning ; folid, but flow in his performances ; whilft Shakefpeare (like an Englifh Man of War, lefs in bulk, but lighter in Sailing') could turn with all Tides, tack about, and take advantage of all Winds, by the quicknefs of his wit and invention. He dyed 16,. and was buried at Stratford....
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Polyanthos, Volumen1

1806 - 312 páginas
...higher in learning ; solid, but slow in 'his performances. Shakespeare, with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but light<er in sailing, could turn with all tides, and take ftdvantage of all minds, by the quickness c£ 4iis wit and invention. TITLES OF SoVEREIGNS....
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Curiosities of Literature, Volumen2

Isaac Disraeli - 1807 - 606 páginas
...far higher in learning; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." . Had these " Wit-combats,"...
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Liber facetiarum, being a collection of curious and interesting anecdotes

Liber - 1809 - 372 páginas
...higher in 150 learning; solid, but slow in his performances-. Shakespear, with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Curiosities of Literature,...
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volumen3

Enos Bronson - 1810 - 456 páginas
...far higher in learning; solid, but slow in his performance. 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 anno Domini 1616, and was...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volumen5

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 746 páginas
...higher in learning : solid, but slow in 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." The following particulars are transcribed...
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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volumen1

Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 528 páginas
...higher in learning; solid, but " slow in 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."* I before observed, that the...
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Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Volumen1

William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 páginas
...the former, was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow, in his performances : Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." The Poet kept up his interest in...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

1815 - 544 páginas
...higher in learning ; solid, but slow in 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 ail-. vantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and in-. vention." The following particulars...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volumen19

Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 548 páginas
...higher in learning ; solid, but slow in 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." The following particulars are transcribed...
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