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" 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... "
The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature - Page 11
1835
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The works of Beaumont & Fletcher, with notes and a memoir by A. Dyce, Volume 10

Francis Beaumont - 1843 - 114 pages
...far higher in Learning, Solid, but Slow in his performances. Shakespear, with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...winds, by the quickness of his Wit and Invention." Fuller's Worthies ( Warwick.), p. 126, ed. 1 662. For three days past ; wit that might warrant be For...
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Shakespeare [sic] and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet ...

Nathan Drake - English literature - 1843 - 970 pages
...was built far higher in learning, solid but slow in his performances; Shakspeare, like the latter, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit ami invention." § With what delight should we have hung over any well authenticated instances of these...
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The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pages
...far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspere, like an English man of war, lesser in bulk but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take adranlаge of all winds, by the quickness of hie wit nnd invention." poet's feelings, a dim and shadowy...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: The Text Formed from an Entirely ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1844 - 600 pages
...the for- \ mer, was built far higher in learning; solid, but slow in his performances : Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...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 said anything ill0. Connected...
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The Works of William Shakspeare: The Text Formed from an Intirely ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 598 pages
...like 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...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 said anything ill0. Connected...
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The New Mirror, Volume 3

George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1844 - 530 pages
...Shakspeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with nil 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 about Junson's greater solidity. But...
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The Essays of Elia: First Series - Second Series

Charles Lamb - Essays - 1845 - 396 pages
...built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. C. VL, with the English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...thou, their compeer, be quickly forgotten, Allen, with the cordial smile, and still more cordial laugh, with which thou wert wont to make the old Cloisters...
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The Indicatior: a Miscellany for the Fields and the Fireside, Volumes 1-2

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 540 pages
...(like the former) was built far higher in learning : solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." This is a happy simile, with the exception of what is insinuated about Jonson's greater solidity. But...
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The Indicatior: a Miscellany for the Fields and the Fireside, Volumes 1-2

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 520 pages
...(like the former) was built far higher in learning : solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." This is a happy simile, with the exception of what is insinuated about Jonson's greater solidity. But...
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The Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies, Volumes 5-8

Great Britain - 1845 - 570 pages
...(like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspere, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk but lighter...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." When Fuller says "I behold," he meant with his " mind's eye ;" for he was only eight years of age when...
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