 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 456 страници
...of Shakspeare by Droeshout: " This figure which thou here seest put, " It was for gentle Shakspeare cut : " Wherein the graver had a strife " With nature, to out-doo the life." HENLEY. That artificial strife means, as Dr. Johnson has explained it, ' the contest of art with nature,'... | |
 | James Boaden - 1824 - 178 страници
...Jonson, fronting this portrait, are too important not to require accurate quotation. FROM THE FOLIO 1623. TO THE READER. This Figure, that thou here seest...Graver had a strife With Nature, to out-doo the life: U. could he but have drawne his wit As well in brasse, as he hath hit His face; the print would then... | |
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - 1824 - 982 страници
...Reader. This Figure, that thou here geest pat, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the Grauer had a strife with Nature, to out-doo the life -. O, could he but have drawne his wit Al "••/,' in braae, as he hath hit His face: the Print would then surpaase AH, that was rucr writ... | |
 | James Granger - 1824 - 580 страници
...for 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 was for gentle Shakespear cut ; Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to out-clo the life. O could he but have... | |
 | James Granger - 1824 - 800 страници
...by a prolepsis ; not in the rank in which he now stood, but in that for which nature designed him. TO THE READER. " This figure that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespear cut ; Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to out-do the life. O could he but have... | |
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - 1825 - 532 страници
...the volume. f It * These genuine verses are printed in the following manner, in the FI RST edition. To the Reader. This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the Greater had a strife with Nature, to out-doo the life : O, could he but haue drawne his wit As well... | |
 | Abraham Wivell - 1827 - 430 страници
...which will now be recommended, by a more accurate and finished engraving, to the publick notice : — " 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 * It is... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 страници
...fronting the Portrait : TO THE READER. This figure, that those here see put, It was for gentle Shakspeare ard, he fed not for my urging it; Alone, it was the subject of my the : 0, could he but have drawne his wit A» well in brasse, as he has hit Hit face; the print would then... | |
 | William Thomas Lowndes - 1834 - 1130 страници
...U Martin Droes¡пшГ.. portrait of Shakespeare, underneath which are Ben Jonson's verses : To Ike Shakespear cut; Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature to outdo the Life. O, could he but have... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 страници
...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...; Wherein the graver had a 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... | |
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THIS Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut... 
