| William Shakespeare - 1844 - 598 Seiten
...exactly as it stands in the folio of 1623, for it afterwards went through various literal changes. "To THE READER. " 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 : O, could he but haue drawne his wit As well... | |
| William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1844 - 600 Seiten
...exactly as it stands in the folio of 1623, for it afterwards went through various literal changes. "To THE READER. " 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 : O, could he but haue drawne his wit As well... | |
| 1876 - 818 Seiten
...Shakespeare, wrote the following lines, which were engraved under a bust of Shakespeare: — " The figure that thou here seest put, It was for gentle...cut, Wherein the graver had a strife "With Nature, to outdo the life ; O, conld he but have drawn his wit As well in brass aa he hits hit His face, the print... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1847 - 736 Seiten
...НКАСЕЯ. " This Figure, that thou bore seest put It was for gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the Grauer t, if my father die. Tal. Then here I take my leave of thee, fa hnuc drawne hie wit A e well in Ьгаэзе, аз he hftth hit His faw ; the Print would then surpasse... | |
| Henry Rumsey Forster - 1849 - 32 Seiten
...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...Nature, to out-doo the life : O, could he but have dtawne his wit As well in brasse, as he hath hit His face ; the print would then surpasse All that... | |
| 1875 - 676 Seiten
...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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1851 - 500 Seiten
...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,...; 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 face ! the... | |
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