| Henry Rumsey Forster - 1849 - 32 pągines
...more forcibly struck down so " capital a calf." " To THE READER. 1 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 : O, could he but have dtawne his wit As well in brasse, as he hath hit His face ;... | |
| 1875 - 676 pągines
...those here quoted. At least, the subject seems not altogether undeserving of some further elucidation. "TO THE READER. 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 : 0 could he but have... | |
| John Britton - 1849 - 394 pągines
...general lines by Ben Jonson. " This figure, that thou here seest put, * It was for gentle Shakspere cut; Wherein 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 hath hit His face; the print would then... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1851 - 500 pągines
...Shakespeare, engraved by Droeshout ; and on a fly-leaf next to this are tJie following lines by Ben Jonson. To THE READER. This Figure, that thou here seest put,...Graver had a strife With Nature, to outdo the life. O, could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he hath hit His face ! the Print would then... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1851 - 624 pągines
...accuracy of the resemblance is also attested by the following lines from the pen of Ben Jonson : — " This figure, that thou here seest put, It was for...the graver had a strife With Nature, to outdo the We: O, could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he had hit His face, the print would then... | |
| George Markham Tweddell - 1852 - 232 pągines
...brother dramatist, Ben Jouson : — " This figure that thou here seest put. It was for gentle Shakspere cut, Wherein the graver had a strife With Nature, to outdo the lile; O, could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he has hit His face; the print would... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1853 - 916 pągines
...which are reprinted in the same place, with some trifling variation of typography, in the folio 0/1632. owers, whose condemnation is pronounced. So far : O, could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he hath hit His face ; the Print would then... | |
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