| James Granger - 1824 - 580 Seiten
...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 print would then surpass All that...cannot, reader, look Not on his picture, but his book." BJ (B.JoNSON.) Martin Droeshout sc. Frontispiece to his works ; fol. This print gives us a truer representation... | |
| James Granger - 1824 - 800 Seiten
...strife With nature, to out-do the life. O could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he has hit His face; the print would then surpass All that...cannot, reader, look Not on his picture, but his book." BJ (B. JONSON.) ' Martin Droeshout sc. Frontispiece to his works ; fol. This print gives us a truer... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1826 - 216 Seiten
...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 then surpass AH that was ever writ in brass ; But since he cannot, reader, look Not on... | |
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin - 1824 - 982 Seiten
...Wherein the Graver had a strife () could he but have drawne his mil As well in Urasse, as he hath hit HU Face; the Print would then surpass? All that was ever writ in Braae. The preceding and subsequent verses are the same in BOTH editions. • Mr. Grenvillc informs... | |
| Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 Seiten
...Shakspeare cut, Wherein the 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...writ in brass. But since he cannot — reader, look w Not on his picture, but his book." From 1709, when Rowe published Shakspeare's plays, to the present... | |
| William Thomas Lowndes - 1834 - 1130 Seiten
...Shakespeare cut; Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature, to out-doo the life: О could he but have а very extensive Practice. By a late eminent Conveyancer. surpasse All, that was ever writ in Brasse. But, since he cannot, looke Not on his Picture, but his... | |
| Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 Seiten
...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 hath hit His...— reader, look Not on his picture, but his book." From 3 709, when Rowe published Shakspeare's plays, to the present time, (1842,) they have been often... | |
| Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 Seiten
...strife With Nature, to outdo the life : O, could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, S3 he had hit His face, the print would then surpass All that...Reader, look Not on his Picture, but his Book."— BJ Under these circumstances we are inclined to regard it as the most genuine of the portraits of Shakspere.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 Seiten
...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 surpass All that was ever writ in brass : But since he eannot, reader, look Not on his picture, but his book. BI:N lONSON. I ¡MTRODUCTORT REMARKS [FTER.... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1843 - 970 Seiten
...Shakspeare cut ; Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to out-do the life. O, could he but hare drawn his wit, As well in brass, as he hath hit His Гасе, the print would then surpass All that was ever writ in brass; But since he cannot, reader,... | |
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