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Poetry and Poets: A Collection of the Choicest Anecdotes Relative to the ... - Page 105
by Richard Ryan - 1826 - 305 lehte
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Anglorum Speculum: Or The Worthies of England, in Church and State

Thomas Fuller - 1684 - 738 lehte
...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, 1. köide

1806 - 312 lehte
...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, 2. köide

Isaac Disraeli - 1807 - 606 lehte
...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 lehte
...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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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, 5. köide

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 746 lehte
...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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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, 3. köide

Enos Bronson - 1810 - 456 lehte
...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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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, 1. köide

Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 528 lehte
...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, 1. köide

William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 lehte
...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 lehte
...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, 19. köide

Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 548 lehte
...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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