 | Sir John Beaumont - 1869 - 412 pàgines
...prefixed to the folio of 1623. We may read them and dwell on the italieized lines : "To the Kfader. This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare eut ; Wherein the Graner had a strife 1 Works of Beaumont and Fleteher by Dyee, as before, Vol. xi.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1870 - 838 pàgines
...SHAKESPEARE. I'refiied as a Frontispiece to the first edition of his Works in folio, 1653. TO THE HEADER. This figure that thou here seest put, It was for gentle...graver had a strife "With nature, to outdo the life : O could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he has hit His face ; the print would then... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1870 - 652 pàgines
...PORTRAIT OF SHAKESPEARE. Written under Martin Droueshont's engraving in the first edition of the Plays. This figure that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut. Wherewith the graver had a strife, With natuio to outdo the lite. 0 could he but have drawn his wit... | |
 | 1874 - 808 pàgines
...on the page facing the engraving are as follows: " This figure, that them here seest put, It was Tor gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature, to oi\t-doo the life : O, could he but have drawne his wit As well in brasse, as he hath hit His face... | |
 | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland - 1871 - 238 pàgines
...Ben's compliment to " Martin Droeshout, Sculpsit, London," was not overdrawn when he said — " The figure that thou here seest put It was for gentle...Graver had a strife With nature to out-do the life." No doubt the accessories of the broad collar, half oval in front, and rounded behind, and the richly... | |
 | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland - 1871 - 234 pàgines
...Ben's compliment to " Martin Droeshout, Sculpsit, London," was not overdrawn when he said — " The figure that thou here seest put It was for gentle...Graver had a strife With nature to out-do the life." No doubt the accessories of the broad collar, half oval in front, and rounded behind, and the richly... | |
 | 1874 - 780 pàgines
...correctness of the likeness. His words, printed on the page facing the engraving are as follows : " 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 drawne his wit As well in brasse, as he hath hit His face ;... | |
 | James Edmund Harting - 1871 - 354 pàgines
...By Abraham Wivell. London, 1827. Jonson knew Shakespeare well, and he says of this picture : — " This figure that thou here seest put, It was for gentle...cut ; Wherein the graver had a strife With Nature to outdoo the life. O, could he but have drawne his wit As well in brasse as he hath hit His face, the... | |
 | James Edmund Harting - 1871 - 840 pàgines
...London, 1827. Jonson knew Shakespeare well, and he says of this picture : — " This figure that them here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the graver had a strife With Nature to outdoo the life. O, could he but have drawne his wit As well in brasse as he hath hit His face, the... | |
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This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut... 
