 | 1808 - 606 páginas
...verses addressed to his memory. •This figure that thou here seest put It was for gtntlc Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to outdo the life. O, could he but bave drawn his wit As well in brass, as he hath hit His face, the print would then surpass All that... | |
 | John Britton - 1814 - 74 páginas
...Droeshout, Sculspit, London ;" and on the opposite page are these lines by Ben Jonson, addressed "To the Reader." " This figure that thou here sees't put, It was for gentle Shakspeare cut, Wherein the graver had a strife With nature to outdoo the lue : ( ) , could he but... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 482 páginas
...or sloth, Who makes the one, so it be first, makes both. XI.* ON THE PORTRAIT OF SHAKSPEARE. 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 out-do the life : O could he but have... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1817 - 708 páginas
...lr. Mann-. 1>ntefihoni. VitV the *r,ijjwm:: -^twution of its vcT^s:Tr.r;itn^c fron-. the « TO TIJE READER. " THIS figure that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakspeare cut; Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to out-do the life. O, could he but have... | |
 | John Evans - 1818 - 564 páginas
...friend Mr. Robert Bloomfield: — This figure that thou hereseest put, It was for gentle Shakspeare cut ; Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to out-do the life. O ! could he hut have drawn his wit, As well in brasse as he hath hit His face, the print would then surpasse All... | |
 | James Granger - 1824 - 580 páginas
...thirty-one guineas, was in the possession of the late Thomas Hollis, esq. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. TO THE READER. " This figure that thou here seest put, It...; Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to out-clo the life. O could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he has hit His face ; the... | |
 | 1824 - 762 páginas
...likeness. " TO THE READEB. • ' Tbis figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakspeare cut ; Wherein the graver had a strife With nature to outdo the life, O could he but have drawne the wit As well in brasse, as he hath hit His face ; the print would then surpasse All that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 216 páginas
...be considered as established. " This figure that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakspeare 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 brass , as he hath hit His face , the jn int. woidd... | |
 | James Boaden - 1824 - 178 páginas
...fronting this portrait, are too important not to require accurate quotation. FROM THE FOLIO 1623. TO THE READER. This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut; Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature, to out-doo the life: U. could he but... | |
 | James Boaden - 1824 - 246 páginas
...fronting this portrait, are too important not to require accurate quotation. FROM THE FOLIO 1623. TO THE READER. This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature, to out-doo the life: O, could he but... | |
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To THE READER. 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. 
