 | James Darling - 1865 - 574 Seiten
...Shakespeare, opposite to which is the leaf with Ben Jonson's verses: — " This fignre that thou here sce'st put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature, to out-doe the life: 0, could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass as he'has hit His iace.'the print... | |
 | John Booth - 1865 - 400 Seiten
...collected works, 1623. TO THE READER. This figure which thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakspeare cut : Wherein the graver had a strife With nature to outdo the life : Oh ! could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass as he has hit His face, the print would then... | |
 | Epigrams - 1865 - 398 Seiten
...collected works, 1623. TO THE READER. This figure which thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakspeare cut : Wherein the graver had a strife With nature to outdo the life : Oh ! could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass as he has hit His face, the print would then... | |
 | Anonymous - 1865 - 602 Seiten
...translated from them : — • This recalls Ben Jonson on ' Shakspeare's Portrait :' — ' O could he bat have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he has hit t His face, the print would then surpass All that was ever writ in brass.' 1 Leporem venator nt alta... | |
 | Deutsche Shakespeare-Gesellschaft - 1869 - 416 Seiten
...gentle Shakespeare cul; Wherein l he Graver had a slrife With Nature, to oul-do the life: 0, conld he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he hath hit His face, the Print would then surpass All, that was ever writ in brass. But, since he cannot,... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 Seiten
...THE PORTRAIT OF SHAKESPEARE. [Under the frontispiece to the first edition of his works : 1623.] \HIS figure that thou here seest put, It was for gentle...he but have drawn his wit, As well in brass, as he hath hit His face ; the print would then surpass All that was ever writ in brass : But since he cannot,... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1866 - 306 Seiten
...was for gentle Shakspere cut ; In which the graver had a strife With nature, to out-do the life. Oh ! could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he has hit His face, the piece would then surpass All that was ever writ in brass." The engraving referred to resembles the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1866 - 588 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 ; Wherein the grauer had a strife With Nature, to out-doo the life. 0, could he but haue drawne his wit As well in... | |
 | Porte - 1866 - 146 Seiten
..." This figure that thou here secst put It'vras for gentle Shakespeare c«t| Wherein the Graver^had a strife With nature, to out.do the life. O could he but have drown ae hifl wit A\ well in brasse, as he hath hit His face ; The print would tl:<Jli Eurpaii All... | |
 | Walter F. Tiffin - 1866 - 244 Seiten
...adopted also in later editions. " This figure that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespear cut ; Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to out-do the life. 0 could he but have drawn his wit As well in hrass, as he has hit His face, the print would then surpass... | |
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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. 
