...of Warwickshire, he winds up his account of the Poet thus : " 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." The Poet kept up his interest in the affairs of the company, and spent more or less of his time in...

...is a thing as notorious as their fame. Fuller says, ' Many were the witcombates betwixt (Shakspeare) and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish...in learning : solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English manof-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...

...is a thing as notorious as their fame. Fuller says, ' Many were the witcombates betwixt (Shakspeare) and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish...in learning : solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, with the English manof-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all...

...stopped." We have no doubt of it. Many," says Fuller, " were the wit combats between him (Shakspeare) and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish...in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspeare, like an English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, would turn with all...

...Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but alow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Nor shall thou, their compeer, be quickly forgotten, Allen, with a cordial smile, and still more cordial...

...Raleigh, at the " Mermaid," in Friday-street ! Fuller tells us, " Many were the wit-combates betwixt Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Mr. Leigh Hunt, after quoting this passage in the Indicator, adds, — " This is a happy simile, with...

...Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. C. VL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention." Nor shall thou, their compeer, be quickly forgotten, Allen, with a cordial smile, and still more cordial...

...earth, so Nature itself was all the art which was used upon him. Many were the wfct-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson ; which two I behold like a Spanish...winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention. He died anno Dommi 1616,* and was buried at Stratfordupon-Avon, the town of his nativity. MICHAEL DRAYTON,...

...earth, so Nature itself was all the art which was used upon him. Many were the wet-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson ; which two I behold like a Spanish...built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow, in his perform ances. Shakespeare, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could...

...between Shakspere and Ben Jonson, described by Fuller : — " 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." When Fuller says " I behold," he meant with his " mind's eye ;" for he was only eight years of age...