...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...

...higher in Learning; Solid, but Slow, in his performances. Shake-spear, with the English man of War, lesser in Bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his Wit and Invention.9 Fuller presents these celebrated wit-combats as a replay of the Spanish Armada, in which...

...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...

...far higher in learning; solid, but slow, in his performances. Shakspere, like the English man-ofwar, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...winds by the quickness of his wit and invention.'' Minor examples elsewhere in Shakespeare illustrate the heightened importance of the control of drinking...

...higher in Learning; Solid, but Sloiv'm his performances. Shake-spear, with the English-man of War, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn...advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his Wit and Invention.17 Fuller (born 1608) could just have witnessed a wit-combat but, as others have noted, more...

...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. 1 Fuller cleverly evokes their conflict as an epic struggle that reenacted the sea battle of the Armada—with...

...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...

...Charles the wrestler and wins Rosalind's heart in Francis Hayman's drawing engraved for Hanmer's edition. with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds by the quickness of his wit and invention.25 At around the same time Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (herself a dramatist)...