...higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances : Shakespeare, with the English manof-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." Ben Jonson's testimony is even still more fervent ; and though not more graphic, is yet more personally...

...built far higher in learning, solid but slow in performance ; 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." But they and their debates, their triumphs and defeats, are gone, and have long been past all human...

...man-of-war, "lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, turning with all tides, tacking about, and taking advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." "Gentle Shakspeare," as Jonson called him, is described by Aubrey as a handsome, well-shaped man, graceful...

...Shakespeare to an English man-of-war, " lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, tacking about, and taking advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." It is just this quickness of wit and invention which is the special characteristic of both Benedick...

...o/Kf £fe ^ A '^JKi' ^' 34. L'Estrange's anecdote of Shakespeare and Jonson, 1629-55. lish man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention. He died Anno Domini 16... and was buried at Stratford upon Avon, the town of his nativity.13 'Which...

...(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...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention. [H&S 11:510] Herford and the Simpsons are sufficiently drawn to the account to place some credence...

...far 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. - Fuller's Worthies It is inconceivable, finally, that Untermeyer proofread his galleys: 'Clearest...

...far 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'. Thomas Plume, around 1657, said Shakespeare was a glover's son and that 'Will was a good honest fellow,...

...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 is the following, recorded in several...

...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...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention. Needless to say, this pleased Mr Jonson no more than the fact that it was only when Mr Shakespeare...