 | Edward Thomas Craig - 1875 - 14 страници
...favour, in the following lines, inscribed opposite to the engraving of the portrait : — The figure thou here see'st put It was for gentle Shakespeare...cut, Wherein the graver had a strife With Nature, to outdoe the life ; O, could he but have drawn his wit As well in brasse as he hath hit His face, the... | |
 | 1875 - 448 страници
...face to suring 7.5x6.3 inches, and on the opposite page the following lines by Ben Jonson appear : " This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the Grauer had a strife With Nature, to outrdoo the life : 0, could he but haue drawne his wit As well... | |
 | Henry Kingsley - 1876 - 344 страници
...containing exquisite snatches, but sadly unequal. Among these, is any more exquisite than this ? " This figure that thou here seest put It was for gentle...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 The face, the... | |
 | Karl Elze - 1876 - 672 страници
...dieses Bildes haben wir das beredte Zeugniss Ben Jonson's in seinen bekannten Versen an den -Leser: This figure, that thou here seest put, It was for...; Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature, to out-do the life: O, could he but have drawn his mt As well in brass , as he hath hit ffis face, the... | |
 | Washington Irving, Frederick William Fairholt - 1877 - 166 страници
...portrait annexed to the first folio edition — and Ben Jonson has written beneath this portrait that This figure, that thou here seest put, It was for...graver had a strife With nature, to out-doo the life. OI could he but have drawne his wit As well in brass as he hath hit His Face, the Print would then... | |
 | Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson - 1878 - 576 страници
...through penury or sloth, Who makes the one, so it be first, makes both. ON THE PORTRAIT OF SHAKSPEARE.* TO THE READER.! This figure that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakspeare cut, Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to out-do the life : O could he but have... | |
 | Horatio King - 1878 - 428 страници
...THE READER. "TKis Figure that thou seest put, It was for gentle Shakspeare cut; Wherein the Grauer had a strife With Nature to outdoo the life: O, could he have but drawne his wit As well in brasse, as he hath hit His face, the print would then surpasse All... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1879 - 556 страници
...lines, which are prefixed before the portrait of Shakespeare, by Droeshant, in the folio editions : — To THE READER. This Figure, that thou here seest put,...Graver had a strife With Nature, to out-doo the life : 0, could he but have drawne his wit As well in brasse, as he hath hit His face ; the Print would... | |
 | William Leighton - 1879 - 92 страници
...friend and companion, in the following lines printed in the Folio, on the page opposite the portrait: "This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for...; Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature, to out-do the life : O, could he but have drawn his wit As well in brasse, as he hath hit His face ; the... | |
 | Walter Hamilton - 1879 - 348 страници
...and " Sweet Swan of Avon," now generally applied to Shakespeare, first occur in these poems : — " This figure that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut." And, Whilst Jonson was at Hawthornden, Drummond made notes of much of his conversation, merely for... | |
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THIS Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut... 
