| William Shakespeare - 1853 - 916 pages
...0/1632. TO THE READER. This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein y of England, Though we seemed dead, we did but sleep...rashness. Tell him, we could have rebuked him at Print would then surpass All, that was ever writ in braes. But since he cannot, Reader, look Not at... | |
| William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 1158 pages
...1632. TO THE READER. This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was*for gentle Shakespeare cut; Wherein e and mar " The foolish fates." This was lofty !—Now...This is Éreles' vein, 6 a tyrant's vein ; a lover Print would then surpass All, that was ever writ in brass. But since he cannot, Reader, look Not at... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1853 - 928 pages
...was for gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature, to out-do the life : 0, herefore, I shall crave of you your leave, Print would then surpass All, that was ever writ in brass. But since he cannot, Reader, look Not at... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1853 - 746 pages
...It was for gentle Shakspere cut, Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to outdo the life : О could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he has hit His face ; the print would then surpaie All that was ever writ in brasť : But since he cannot,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1855 - 1088 pages
...was for gentle Shakespeare rut; Wherein the Graver bad a strife With Nature, to out-do the life: 0, m Shakespeare Print would then surpass All, that was ever writ in brass. But since he cannot, Reader, look A CATALOGUE... | |
| Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - Warwickshire (England) - 1857 - 210 pages
...was for gentle Shakspere cut ; In which the graver had a strife With nature, to out-do the life. Oh I could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass,...would then surpass All that was ever writ in brass. resembles the Stratford bust as •nble a statue. However this may regarded an authentic likeness of... | |
| William Henry Smith - Catholics - 1857 - 190 pages
...digna animum mallem ; which may well be rendered in the words applied to Shakespeare's portrait : — O could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he hath hit His face, the print would then surpass All that was ever writ in brass. CHAPTER VII. PARALLEL PASSAGES, AND PECULIAR... | |
| William Henry Smith - Catholics - 1857 - 188 pages
...seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the graver had a strife with Nature, to out-duo the life : O, could he but have drawn his wit As well in brasse, as he hath hit His face ; the Print would then surpasse All, that was ever writ in brasse.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1857 - 630 pages
...It was for gentle 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 has hit His face ; the print would then surpass — All that was ever writ in brass : But since he... | |
| George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 392 pages
...was for gentle Shakspeare cut, Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to outdo the life : Oh, could he but have drawn his wit, As well in brass, as he hath hit His face ; the print would then surpass All that was ever writ in brass: But since he cannot, reader, look Not on... | |
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