 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 746 Seiten
...Work« in folio, 1U3. TO THE HEADER. This figure that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakspere cut, Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to outdo the life : О could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he has hit His face ; the print would then... | |
 | 1853 - 820 Seiten
...The ngurc thnt thon here seest put It was for gentle Shakspeare cut i Wherein the graver hod s etrlfe With nature to out-do the life. O, could he but have drawn hie wit AB well in brass, as he has hit Hie face, the print would then surpass All that was ever writ... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1855 - 1088 Seiten
...was for gentle Shakespeare rut; Wherein the Graver bad a strife With Nature, to out-do the life: 0, m Shakespeare hath hit His face ; the Print would then surpass All, that was ever writ in brass. But since he cannot,... | |
 | William Henry Smith - 1857 - 190 Seiten
...commentators, " it is ever usual to blanche the obscure places and discourse upon the plain." TO TEE READER. This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for...; Wherein the graver had a strife with Nature, to out-doo the life : O, could he but have drawn his wit Aa well in brasse, as he hath hit His face ;... | |
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 Seiten
...page, the following oft-quoted lines by Ben Jonson appear. They are addressed " to the Reader :"— "This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for...cut; Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature, to out-doo the life : O, could he but have drawne his Wit As well in Brasse, as he hath hit His Face ;... | |
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 Seiten
...by Ben Jonson appear. They are addressed " to the Reader : " — "This Figure, that thou here geest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature, to out-doo the life : 0, could he but have drawne his Wit As well in Brasse, as he hath hit His Face ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 666 Seiten
...accompany it, and which we are almost bound to accept as the sincere expression of his opinion : " This figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut; from the writer's imperfect knowledge of quantity), Steevens would read "Sophoclem." 41 MM. Mu». Athmol.... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1857 - 210 Seiten
...was for gentle Shakspere cut ; In which the graver had a strife With nature, to out-do the life. Oh I could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he hath hit His face, the piece would then surpass All that was ever writ in brass. resembles the Stratford... | |
 | William Henry Smith - 1857 - 188 Seiten
...seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the graver had a strife with Nature, to out-duo the life : O, could he but have drawn his wit As well in brasse, as he hath hit His face ; the Print would then surpasse All, that was ever writ in brasse.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 630 Seiten
...Works in folio, 1623. TO THE READER. This figure that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakspeare cut, Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to outdo the life : 0 could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he has hit His face ; the print would then... | |
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This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature, to outdo the life. 
