...(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...

...(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...

...at the convivial meetings at the Mermaid club, established by Sir Walter Raleigh ;* and he adds, " O  2+_ 0 n3+ ́ U ` 8!_ yZ ] Xʖs6@ g $ \ I \7 ...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...

...VI. CHAPTER I. THE DRAMATISTS OF SHAKSPERE'S SECOND PERIOD. " MANY were the wit-combats betwixt him and BEN JONSON ; which two I behold like a Spanish...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Such is Thomas Fuller's wellknown deseription of the convivial intercourse of Shakspere and Jonson,...

...VI. CHAPTER I. THE DRAMATISTS OF SHAKSPERE'S SECOND PERIOD. " MANY were the wit-combats betwixt him and BEN JONSON ; which two I behold like a Spanish...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...

...wit-combats between him and Ben Jonson ; which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon GUILDHALL. 73 and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson, like the...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Friday Street, running parallel with Bread Street, is said to have been anciently inhabited almost...

...in speaking of the " Wit Combats " between Shakespeare and Jonson at the " Mermaid Tavern," adds : " Which two, I behold like a Spanish great galleon and...winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." Dryden writes: " As for Jonson, to whose character I am now arrived, if we look upon him while he was...

...the convivial meetings at the Mermaid club, established by Sir Walter Raleigh1 ; and he adds, " whieh two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English...tack about, and take advantage of all winds by the quiekness of his wit and invention3." The simile is well chosen, and it eame from a writer who seldom...

...at the convivial meetings at the Mermaid club, established by Sir Walter Raleigh 2 ; and he adds, " which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon and...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 1 See the...

...between him and Shakespeare, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war. Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention."i I before observed, that the pleasure we receive from wit is increased, when the two ideas...