...but slow in his performances. Shakspere, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk but lighter hi sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and...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...

...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 rather have dropped in at...

...Shakspeare — like the latter — 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." Of Ben himself, Fuller, in another place, says, " His parts were not so able to run themselves as to...

...in his performances ; Shakspeare, 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." Fuller speaks further of Ben, as a man whose parts " were not so ready to run of themselves as able...

...higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances: Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, ll give thee this neck. Cham. No, I'll none of it...for, I know, thou worship's! saint Nicholas as tr invention."2 The simile is well chosen, and it came from a writer who seldom said any thing ill.* Connected...

...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...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and his invention." Enough has been said of this celebrated club by a variety of writers. There can be...

...higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performance*. Shukspeure, with the English mon-of war, hU wit and invention.'— rulkr'i Worlhin. Besides the Mermaid, Jonson was a great frequenter of a...

...and Ben Jonson. I beheld them like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Jonson, like the former, was built far higher in learning,...winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." We may here remark that the friendship, which had begun before, thus cemented with Jonson, to one of...

...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...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Such is Thomas Fuller's wellknown deseription of the convivial intercourse of Shakspere and Jonson,...

...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...and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of hia wit and invention." Such is Thomas Fuller's wellknown description of the convivial intercourse...