...earth, so nature itself was all the art which was used upon him. Many were the wit combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson. Which two I behold like a Spanish...in learning ; solid, but slow, in his performances. Shakenpeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...

...like the former, was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow, in his performances. Shakenpeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention. He <Hed anno Domini 16 . . , and was buried at Stratford upon Avon, thu town of his nativity. We may...

...is given by Thomas Fuller in the succeeding generation : — " Many were the wit combats between him (Shakespeare) and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like...winds by the quickness of his wit and invention." But neither the profits nor pleasures of the theatre, "the feast of reason," nor "the flow of soul"...

...the former" fa Spanish galleon), was " built far higher in learning, solid but slow in performance ; Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in...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...

...says the latter, 'betwixt Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, which two I behold (in my mind's eye, Horatio 1) like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-ofwar:...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.' Beaumont is more rapturous a describer, as becomes one who had personally assisted at the intellectual...

...VI. CHAPTER I. THE DRAMATISTS OF SHAKSPERE'S SECOND PERIOD. "Mx»Y 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 description of the convivial intercourse of Shakspere and Jouson,...

...upon him. He then proceeds to weigh him against his greatest rival. Many were the wit-combats betwixt Shakespeare and Ben Jonson ; which two I behold like...was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow. Shakespeare, lesser in bulk but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take...

...thing as notorious as their fame. Fuller says : — " Many were the wit-combatcs betwixt [Shakspeare] and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish...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...

...thing as notorious as their fame. Fuller says : — " Many were the wit-combatcs betwixt [Shakspeare] and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish...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...

...the former) was built far higher up in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shake-spear, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." At the end of the sixteenth century Shakespeare was on the flood-tide of a prosperous life ; at the...